Hanger unpacked and all gliders on the pan ready before 9:30 am so we had time to kill before the 10:00 am briefing. Dan and Ross entertained us by turning what should have been a 5 minute game of pool into an absolute marathon of mis-cued shots, foul shots and pocket misses, that thankfully ended and put us out of our misery when Dan missed a dead cert and left the black sat in-front of the pocket ready for Ross to roll in.
10:00 am briefing given by the Mynd's duty instructor Dave Crowson, after which the gliders were taken to the launch point that had been set up at the North end of the airfield, and within 10 minutes the first glider was away.
 |
| Mark Courtney with Sally Hender (Mark Courtney) |
The launch rate was pretty good, using the Mynd's winch/winch retrieve set up, until the clutch cable gave way under the power of Daniel's substantial muscular strength, leaving us with a broken retrieve winch and about 700 metres of cable to wind in by hand. Luckily the club had a spare retrieve winch that we soon got on-line and flying resumed.
 |
| Ross Pratt and Josh Funnell with K6 (Mark Courtney) |
Everybody flew today, Simon got the longest flight in the DG505 (26min), followed by Dan and Mark DG505 (15min), then Ross in the K6! 11min.
 |
| Josh Funnell in K6 (Mark Courtney) |
 |
| Charlie Stuckey in K6 (Mark Courtney) |
Charlie, Josh and Ross all flew in the K6, Dave, Dan and Ruth in the DG505, Oscar in the Discus and Simon and Mark as required.
Sally was the log keeper and I was ground crew where needed.
 |
| Another Mynd sunset (Simon Leeson) |
Another great days flying topped off by a fish and chip supper and drinks in the bar. Massive thanks to the efforts of the instructors. - Rob Hender.
