There were a lot of members present first thing, but low cloud delayed any early start. The airfield was set up and the first launch took place at 12:06! The flying list was fairly long, and with James Flory as the duty instructor all day it was fingers crossed for completing the list. Simon Minson helpfully took on the back seat training for Josh Funnell and Charlie Stuckey.
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| Backseat coaching for the Juniors (Simon Minson) |
The Junior was in good demand and Ruth Comer successfully had a long flight in that one with 70mins, however Hans Jenssen then took it on and beat her by 5mins.
Stuart Procter arrived early afternoon to help with the training, and with improving conditions the non- check flights got longer and the coats came off! But the check flight retrieves seemed to get longer too!
We had two private gliders 230 and FMS take their opportunity, and made the best of the day with 123mins and 125mins respectively (well done Andrew).
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| It turned out nice in the afternoon (Simon Minson) |
James did actually manage to leave on time to go and get his second Covid vaccination! Flying continued until 18:30 due to the continuing good conditions. With 36 flights in total, everyone on the list who wanted to fly, did so.
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| Sally in charge of Launch Control (Simon Minson) |
A good day was had by all and it was lovely to see, and catch up with some returning club members not seen since last year. - Sally Hender
