First day of the course and we received a briefing from Mark and Steve, our instructors for the week, followed by introductions. Cloudbase was low so we made no hurry to set up but the skies brightened by 1000 and we got set up for launches at the eastern end of the field with a brisk but steady westerly wind. Launches required attention to a reasonable degree of north in the wind.
Mark Courtney with Jake (Stewart Henshall)
Morning launches didn’t provide a lot of flight time but post-lunch, some decent lift was found around the ridge, although much of it felt thermic rather than ridge-induced. Stewart Henshall got in some spinning in the Perkoz after aerotows and Mike Sloggett put in a stint as auxiliary instructor in between a couple of flights in his FUN glider. Mike also flew our guests from Long Mynd on winch and aerotow.
Some good early progress from new Junior members, Jake and Arnie, some reacquaintance with the concept of gliding for Mike Rigby after a 9 month lay-off and some solidification for Harry Rigby following his course last month. John Davis also bagged more time towards his goal of solo glider flight, first begun as an air cadet, many years ago. - Mike Rigby
