First thing the strength of the wind was such that any immediate plans to fly were delayed, in the hope that the forecast might be wrong, and the wind reduce in strength, to allow flying to take place later in the day.
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| Woodland clearing stumps (Mike Sloggett) |
As ever there is always a ‘to do’ list at the Club, so whilst some members worked on continuing the clearance of the woodland area, others took down the tarpaulins in the MT hangar to allow investigation of the roof and related necessary repairs.
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| Removing the tarpaulins (Mike Sloggett) |
At lunchtime and with the wind strength showing no sign of reducing, with gusty 23 knots being seen on the Clubhouse anemometer, the decision was made that there would be no flying activities today. - Mike Sloggett
Condor Racing
During the week, the Condor Racers had visited Peru, Greece and other countries to fly,
On Friday afternoon, there were some more simulated launch failures at North Hill this time with an easterly wind and with Dan and Stewart's script to randomise the time before release - this worked really well.
For Sunday evening, Stewart had set a tricky little task tiptoeing to Tiverton and back, but the thermals kicking off the ridge were few and far between. Several pilots made attempts to get to Tiverton and practiced field landings, but well done to Stewart who was the only successful pilot to get back as well. - J&P
