The early morning forecast was for light NNE wind all day and sunshine so we set up for that and only for it to be south westerly for a while. We waited and it settled into mostly northerly but often with west in it. Check flights were initially the order with Josh and Charlie completing red checks. Emily Smart tried a glider flight as a treat from Dad James, sadly only a short trip with lots of sink.
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| K21 launching (Mark Layton) |
Lunchtime brought a change of ends, predictably followed by the wind doing the same.
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| Spectacular view of the solid inversion (Peter Smith) |
A mile high Trial Lesson tested tug pilot Pete Harmer but we got there after a bit of weaving about and enjoyed a spectacular view of the inversion. Anne Foster had plenty of time to practise on the controls and even tried her hand at thermalling. Meanwhile John Pursey headed off with Harvey Skeggs in KEK and then with Jack Raybould in the Perkoz to cover stalls and spins.
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| Perkoz landing (Mark Layton) |
William Pope has wisely turned his attention back to gliding whilst VG is out of service and was put through his paces, enjoying a half hour flight in thermals on the north ridge up to 2000ft, but that seemed to be the only place where there was reliable lift as confirmed by Pete Startup after a 2 hour local flight.
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| Hazy North Hill (Lisa Humphries) |
There were 3 extended flights in the Junior during the afternoon and CFI Stuart was airborne for an hour and a half practising for the annual pilgrimage to Portmoak.
Mark Worsford and Rowan Smith spent most of the day on 1:1 training which Mark was well pleased with, ticking some more boxes.
Mark Worsford and Rowan Smith spent most of the day on 1:1 training which Mark was well pleased with, ticking some more boxes.
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| Pleasant day (Mark Layton) |
Not the most spectacular day but very pleasant. Special thanks to David Wojnar and Tim Petty who did sterling service in the winch. A total of 32 flights. - Peter Smith
