One of the enjoyable aspects of our Club is to see how much fun people have in learning to fly gliders and once solo build their skills even further - today was a great example of how everyone helping each other to fly can also be fun in and amongst the actual flying.
We have recently seen a number of new junior members join the Club and today another potential new junior member came to see what is available at North Hill - with both Jack and his mother Jenni getting airborne and seeming to enjoy their day all being well we will see them back at North Hill soon.
We have recently seen a number of new junior members join the Club and today another potential new junior member came to see what is available at North Hill - with both Jack and his mother Jenni getting airborne and seeming to enjoy their day all being well we will see them back at North Hill soon.
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| Great Teamwork as always (Mike Sloggett) |
The morning had started under relatively uninspiring skies but with Peter Field and Trevor Russell as the morning Duty team efficiently organising the start of the day’s flying. The winch was set up in the North East corner of the field which meant a long walk to the South West corner with both K21s, the Perkoz and a Junior. And with quite a long flying list a K21 was soon being launched into the air.
On the ground our junior members were getting stuck in to the various ground activities and it was great to see the continuing teamwork between the junior members to launch and retrieve gliders, suitably supported by various parents, who have become an integral part of Club flying days.
As the flying list made good progress we also welcomed various Trial Lesson visitors who completed their aerotow flights as scheduled.
The skies did not offer much encouragement in terms of potential lift sources but some gliders managed to find odd pockets of lift during the day whilst others flew simple circuits.
During the day Guy Adams and James Flory completed some local flying in Falke VG.
With suitable planning Club flying continued through lunch with Guy Adams and Rob Rand taking over as the afternoon Duty team - again with continuing teamwork the flying list was completed by late afternoon with gliders then being flown back to the hangar end of the field.
A very enjoyable day all round, well done all for the very evident teamwork throughout the day. - Mike Sloggett
On the ground our junior members were getting stuck in to the various ground activities and it was great to see the continuing teamwork between the junior members to launch and retrieve gliders, suitably supported by various parents, who have become an integral part of Club flying days.
As the flying list made good progress we also welcomed various Trial Lesson visitors who completed their aerotow flights as scheduled.
The skies did not offer much encouragement in terms of potential lift sources but some gliders managed to find odd pockets of lift during the day whilst others flew simple circuits.
During the day Guy Adams and James Flory completed some local flying in Falke VG.
With suitable planning Club flying continued through lunch with Guy Adams and Rob Rand taking over as the afternoon Duty team - again with continuing teamwork the flying list was completed by late afternoon with gliders then being flown back to the hangar end of the field.
A very enjoyable day all round, well done all for the very evident teamwork throughout the day. - Mike Sloggett
