Yet again a good Wednesday, with the best weather for a couple of weeks - that makes four good soaring days out of the last five Wednesdays.
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| First soaring grid of the year (John Street) |
There was a long list, so three two-seaters and a Junior were taken out of the hangar, considering the recent monsoons the field was in quite good nick, after a short delay because of a large storm we soon started to fly and from the first launch it was soarable on the ridge in the strong northwesterly wind. There were plenty of thermals to choose from, plus the odd cloud street.
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| Sun shining on the south coast (Mike Sloggett) |
Today was by far the best day this year with all the private gliders having long soaring flights, the cloudbase was nearly 4,000ft AMSL.
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| Odd cloud streets (Mike Sloggett) |
We were able to stagger the lunchbreak, so we had continuous flying all day, at one point we had seven gliders all airborne at the same time. Eric Alston (with the help of his engine) G29, Andy Davey M, Pete Startup 230 and Martin Woolner KMV all flew their own gliders. With Pete having the longest flight of 2hr 30, but it was a bit of a struggle to get past the motorway and they all came back very cold!
Congratulations to James Flory the latest to pass his cloud flying endorsement with Ian Mitchell in the Rotax Falke.
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| Congrats to James (Ian Mitchell) |
Congratulations to James Flory the latest to pass his cloud flying endorsement with Ian Mitchell in the Rotax Falke.
Everyone flew most having good soaring flights, Chris Warnes flew the DG505 solo for the first time and Nick Harrison continued his patter practice from the back seat. 34 flights in all. - John Street.
