A beautiful morning at North Hill and a bit of housekeeping replacing the macramé tow rope on the Golf Buggy while we got the kit out.
The wind was swinging around but seemed to have settled in the predicted south easterly quarter by the time we were ready to set up the field so thus we did, launching from the north west corner. We took both 21s and Junior LRD. Flying was soon underway, first Peter Smith with Paul Summers and then Paul made a welcome return to BI duties, flying with Tristan who hopes to soon join the Junior section. They had an extended flight covering the basics and we hope to see Tristan regularly. Meanwhile Peter put returnee Liam Vile through the hoops and we hope to also see more of Liam now.
Grass coming through on the reseeded patch (Peter Smith)
Inevitably the wind seemed to settle in the south west so we changed ends but it kept us on our toes all day with spells of South easterly. Dan and Ruth had aerotow refreshers and Ruth’s tow was quite challenging leading us to hope for thermic activity after release but sadly no luck there. Glenn was getting stuck in to the flying list as well and by late afternoon we had flown the list and everyone who wanted to had flown with the Junior being in steady demand.
2 private gliders flew, Trevor Russell and James Smart in the ASW19, and Mark Wallis in CEC again making the longest flight of over 2 hours.
Thanks to all who helped during the day, Wyn for launch marshall without flying, the various winch and retrieve drivers and once again Sally in the launch control. 36 flights in total and a very pleasant and rewarding day. - Peter Smith
