Early call from the Rigby’s, unfortunately Harry was not well so a no show from them, (hope to see them all well tomorrow), leaving a smaller group, we started the usual set up, DI’s etc and were flying by about 9:45. This turned out to be the start of another cracking day, which saw several club members turn up to fly alongside the course members.
Mark Courtney started by sending Dan Hender solo in HCX, given the opportunity with the calmer conditions, while Steve Westlake took Adam Mortimer in KEK.
Adam decided to check out Steve's reaction time, when he misinterpreted Steve's instructions and pulled the bung on him! (Good recovery Steve).
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| Cool Dudes (Mark Courtney) |
Dan completed three solo flights in the K21 and the decision was then made to send him off in a Junior (along with 50lb of lead) in which he completed another three solo flights - well done Dan.
Meanwhile a number of other club members had been rigging and started to launch and disappear. Pete Startup 230, Eric Alston G29, Jeff Taberham 380, Tom Sides DG1, Wyn Davies W7, Stu Procter KMV.
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| Great sky (Mike Sloggett) |
After lunch, Mark started to give Charlie Stuckey a thorough workout, with dodgy launches and tricky positioning, all good fun for Charlie to put right.
Steve took Graham Hawker for what turned out to be an extended (2hr 18min flight).
Steve took Graham Hawker for what turned out to be an extended (2hr 18min flight).
Total glider launches for the day was 42 (1 aero-tow).
Longest flight Pete Startup (No surprise there!) 181min turning Lapford - Cerne Abbas for 187kms, but there were also some other good efforts. - Rob Hender
