Today's weather forecast was better than the weather we actually experienced, so it was surprising to see so few members at the club, but then again it is the Easter holidays and no doubt those who filled their boots on the Ad-hoc flying day yesterday had to gain some brownie points at home.
Despite a skeleton crew the club gliders were kept flying and 2 private gliders 230 and W7 were rigged, Pete Startup having the longest flight of the day (there's a surprise) just over 2 hours and Wyn Davies having a few attempts to follow him, well done both for making the most of it!
Despite a skeleton crew the club gliders were kept flying and 2 private gliders 230 and W7 were rigged, Pete Startup having the longest flight of the day (there's a surprise) just over 2 hours and Wyn Davies having a few attempts to follow him, well done both for making the most of it!
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| Congratulations Roger Green from Brentor BI Simon Minson) |
The wind was a strong South Easterly and it was bitterly cold at the launchpoint. Simon Minson was busy all day (with RE hat on) in the Perkoz with Roger Green from Brentor, who was successfully signed off as BI. Rowan Smith, James Flory and Steve Westlake performed the duty instructor roles with Stuart Procter in the Pawnee. Tom Sides flew a lovely 80 year old lady for the trial lesson,
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| 80years young Marian Fowler with Tom Sides (Alison Hart) |
I managed a flight with the CFI at the end of the day, nothing to write home about with the strong winds and lots of sink but its always good to get aloft!
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| Lisa Humphries and Stu Procter |
At the end of the day James Hood and Steve Westlake managed to give us a
cable break to deal with and the strong southerly wind took the
parachute into the woods to the north of the field, good exercise for me
and Andreas Kramer retrieving this on foot, maybe I burnt off the some of the
calories from the toasted sandwich I had for lunch!!
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| Lisa collecting the broken cable (Stu Procter) |
Nick Redfern
flew the Junior just before the Blue flag was erected, all in all, a
challenging day but the summer is just around the corner. Meanwhile our
new member Brian Knight brought his daughter to the Club to show her the
sport he was now involved in, hopefully she will give it a go when the
weather is more benign.
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| Forest Glade was full for the Easter Holidays (Lisa Humphries) |
And it was good to see Fiona Bennett taking some gentle exercise on the field after her recent scary stay in hospital.
