The day started cloudless and by 08:30 the K21s and a Junior were out of the hangar and being DI'd. The Easterly wind causing us to launch from the far end of the field.
It was the first chance many of us had to fly since last December or earlier, so the emphasis was on getting all concerned flying and current, so it was helpful to have 3 instructors. Despite this it was obvious that a good thermic day was developing. By 0930 good and deep Cu were appearing.
Whilst the currency checks were going on the Junior was well used with 3 flights over 40 mins and good thermals to cloud base at over 4000ft QFE by the end of play.
K21 library pic (Rob Hender)
It was decided to run one cable at a time, because restrictions imposed by field leveling activities, caused problems when trying to run two, and frequent simulated launch failures caused further delays but despite this we still managed about 35 launches and we continued through lunch, sometimes with a skeleton ground crew. - Chris Warnes
