Another good soaring forecast for North Hill but with the sea air coming in at some stage to stop the fun. Both Juniors and K21s solo were out flying and the K6 and a number of private owners joined in as well. It was soarable from early and the the cloudbase gradually increased as the low level inversion was broken. The south easterly wind had picked up and veered southerly by lunch time.
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| Wimbleball Reservoir from W7 (Wyn Davies) |
Notable flights were from Pete Startup 230 who completed O/R to Wantage 306Kms,
" Launched as soon as a few Cu appeared over the Blackdowns and set off. Soon left the Cu behind and it was pretty much blue-ish after that, around WAN and back as far as Melksham where there were some better wispies which turned into solid Cu with a high cloudbase across the Somerset Levels - they obviously haven't read the script this year! Just as well - it was a long old glide back into the brisk Southerly sea breeze back to NHL. First 'proper' x-c since lockdown, slow and steady, still a bit nervy............."
Wyn Davies W7 who turned Dunkery Beacon and Bridgwater, Eric Alston in G29 who completed Wellington, Dulverton and Langport. The latecomers Jill and Pete Harmer in OL took a long aerotow to the convergence which was now setup over the spine of Exmoor and enjoyed 136kms of straight line flying.
Thanks to all the non-flying helpers for running the operation, hopefully we will be flying two-seater training / check flights again soon. - J&P
