A bright yet chilly day to start and a deficit of members on account of
the Juniors Club trip to the Mynd and the Club Maintainers course at North Hill
today. However by 10:30 more folk had arrived and in no time we were set
up at the southeast launchpoint.
Initially, a
low cloud base meant we had to launch in the gaps between the clouds, but as the day
progressed the westerly wind allowed us to get up to 1400ft launches
off the winch and even some soaring opportunities.
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| Lisa Humphries enjoying a soaring flight in the Junior (Lisa Humphries) |
Phil
Morrison and Glenn Turpin as Duty Instructors got through the flying list
so efficiently that we went through it a second time, making the most of
the good weather.
Thanks to Gordon MacDonald for running the Club Maintainers course at North Hill today with 15 people crammed in the Briefing Room including 11 from DSGC. - Emma Kendall
October expeditions continue with the Juniors trip to the Midlands Gliding Club.
We were all up early this morning ready to get Jacob Brook, Jack Raybould and Charlie Broderick their first flights at the Long Mynd!
We were all up early this morning ready to get Jacob Brook, Jack Raybould and Charlie Broderick their first flights at the Long Mynd!
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| Up early (Ross Pratt) |
Experienced Josh Funnell, Dan Hender and Charlie Stuckey clocked up lots of flights in the Juniors K6cr DRE on the ridge at 800ft.
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| DG505 (Mark Courtney) |
With a fantastic first day to set the tone all the Juniors got flying and Ross Pratt was lucky enough to fly the local K8 with the help of the Mynd Instructors. An excellent opportunity to fly a well-loved glider that is becoming few and far between. Oscar Leeson got back gliding for the first time this year with a big smile! Josh and Andrew Broderick got an unexpected flight with the National Coach Mike Fox.
Andrew Logan FMS and Tom Sides DG1 helped out and got there fix of flying too. Mark and Simon found themselves jostling for pole position instructing on the ridge when the conditions were best. Dave and the Henders found themselves running the Midland launch point like pros and enjoying a busy day.
Andrew Logan FMS and Tom Sides DG1 helped out and got there fix of flying too. Mark and Simon found themselves jostling for pole position instructing on the ridge when the conditions were best. Dave and the Henders found themselves running the Midland launch point like pros and enjoying a busy day.
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| MGC Launchpoint (Mark Courtney) |
It was a great welcome from Midland Gliding Club who were all pleased to see us up from Devon. Ruth Comer enjoyed flying the the Mynd's Aircraft and scoring the ridge, and Andy got the "best landing" Simon has ever seen.
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| Where's Charlie? (Ross Pratt) |
After a long day we all mucked in to to carry out "Operation hanger pack" with military precision even managing to fit DRE into the hangar with another 8 gliders.
The "Where's Charlie" challenge can be played amongst the maze of gliders.
All in all a great day with everyone in the air and leaving the field for an evening meal very happy! - Ross Pratt
The "Where's Charlie" challenge can be played amongst the maze of gliders.
All in all a great day with everyone in the air and leaving the field for an evening meal very happy! - Ross Pratt
