It was a glorious sunny morning (if a tad cold), and not a lot of wind, so as soon as the temperature got above zero, the gliders were prepared for flying - 3 two-seaters and 2 Juniors, the DG505 was again left in the hangar due to the lack of wind.
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| Chris Wool - Birthday boy (Mark Courtney) |
Launch point was set up for the forecast northwesterly wind, and the very pleasant high launches commenced.
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| Icebow (Mark Courtney) |
It was mainly solo pilots and check / recency flights, and for the first time we tried out the Perkoz with the little winglets.
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| North Hill looking cold (Mike Sloggett) |
Everyone was glad of the short break at lunchtime to warm
up, but after lunch the forecast cloud had piled in, with cloudbase at
1100ft.
Seven-minute circuits were the best that the sky offered, but there were a number of achievements to report.:
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| Robert Lee soled Perkoz (Mike Sloggett) |
Robert Lee soloed the Perkoz, Chris Woodward resoled after a few months away, Wooly celebrated his birthday in the back seat, and John Borland converted to the DG300.
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| Rob Rand and John Borland with DG300 (Rob Rand) |
Thanks to Roy Boddy for winching all morning and Gordon Hutchinson all afternoon.
Even CFI Stu turned up to try the Perkoz with shorter wings, and we packed up at 16:00 after washing all the gliders. Thanks all 42 launches in all - J&P
