Day 3 of the Course and a very busy day with lots of flying being undertaken by both course and club members alike.
Ground equipment was out and DI’d, ready to go by 0730 once again, completed by the insomniac sleeping onsite, woken once again by the early daylight and very noisy dawn chorus.
First flight of the day, undertaken again by Sir Chris launched at 09:25 in the Junior, followed by course and club flights throughout the day. Cloud base was not particularly high so a fair amount of simulated launch failure and circuit training undertaken by all.
477 back flying complete with new Tost hook (Mark Layton)
Two lines were running, one for club and one for course members, which gave a nice balance for the day. All the course members benefited from the conditions of the day and all went home happy at approx 17:30.
The evening approached and James Flory and others arrived and flying did take place, however, with a patchy cloud base of seven to eight hundred feet most launches had to release early to avoid going into cloud or getting caught above the swiftly forming orographic clouds.
A productive day, lots achieved for many, looking forward to tomorrow in hope of a better day. - Dave Perriam
