The Clubhouse was filling up fast with visiting and Club Instructors by 09:00, with the Club hosting an FI(S) course this weekend.
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| Instructors with Mike Fox and Andy Miller (Mark Courtney) |
A strong southwesterly wind turned out to be the main theme leading to ridge lift, occasionally boosted by thermal activity. The rating started at blue, moved briefly to yellow early afternoon before switching back to blue with therefore, John Pursey 'JP' the only member present able to make use the Junior. Mike Wilmott came close to doing so, only for conditions to be re-rated back to blue moments before his launch!
There were 20 flights in all, with 2 of these in the Junior, and the longest flight of the day was JP at just under 90 minutes in LRD. Pleasingly most of those present were able to make use of the ridge, in between showers.
Mark Errington's nephew - another JP (albeit somewhat younger at 12 years old) enjoyed 3 flights, and despite the fractious weather conditions (heaviest showers leading to a long early lunch) all members got airborne with the final flight landing just before 4pm. A thank you to the Duty Instructors of the day (Martin Woolner and Rowan Smith). - Karen King
