Clear blue sky greeted everyone with a brisk northeasterly wind, the launchpoint was set up in the middle of the field at the west end in accordance with the new plans for the field levelling.
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| Launchpoint set up (David Clements) |
Pete Harmer was looking after the Booked Training and Peter Smith, Mike Sloggett, Mark Courtney and Lisa Humphries ran down the two-seater Flying list which was swelled by the Blue card conditions.
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| Aston Key keeps Junior busy (David Clements) |
Aston Key winched all morning, and then had a Junior available all afternoon.
Whilst the K21s were busy on high launches and extended circuits, Ron Johns and Chris Wool took the DG505 downwind to Kentisbeare to explore the wave opportunities. They found a short beat at the "fishponds" which was working - just - at low level, but it picked up as they got higher. They enjoyed the longest flight of the day of 1:32mins, having been invited to stay up over lunch.
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| DG505 returning from another attempt to contact wave (David Clements) |
Later attempts to contact the wave were not so fortunate without the risk of a landout - maybe the wind had changed a little? 31 flights in all, thanks to everyone for keeping it running very smoothly. - J&P
