With 54mm of much-needed rain over the last 4 days, the field had drained well, and with a small ridge of high pressure forecast, we hoped for a full day's flying. The cloud was just a little low to start with, so the start was a bit slow.
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| Ready to go (Mike Sloggett) |
The south west wind was quite brisk, and once launches had started to 1600ft, there were plenty of extended circuits with rough thermals.
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| North Hill in shadow (Mike Horwood) |
The dark streets formed either side of the airfield with heavy showers moving through quite quickly, but the airfield remained dry with rapidly cycling skies.
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| A sunny spell (Mike Sloggett) |
After the first Trial lesson the Pawnee was taken offline with a mag problem, but Chris Wool managed to climb away from the winch launch for the second trial lesson.
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| Showers to the south (Mike Sloggett) |
Late afternoon, the southerly street drifted over the airfield with some light rain, but it was a good day and everyone flew - 23 winch launches and 1 aerotow. Thanks all - J&P
