The morning started with everyone arriving promptly for 8:30am. As the cloud base was rather low, ground schooling was the name of the game. Mark talked about the airfield set up, the Mike took part of the group for a discussion on circuit planning, while Mark talked through the spinning training he had done with Stewart yesterday.
Winch driving Rob Hender (Stewart Hender)
The airfield was then set up and the first launch was taken at 10.30am, Jake Stabb and Stewart Henshall flew first, with Dave Perriam and Mike Sloggett taking spare cables in between, to fly FZF and FUN respectively. With conditions becoming more boisterous, it was decided the best plan was to stop for an early lunch and hope things would improve.
Launch point (Sally Hender)
We were back on the airfield by 1.15pm so Dan decided to try his luck in FZF, but was unsuccessful with just 6 mins. The success rate then fluctuated with each launch, both Arnie Crosby and John Davis enjoying about 45 mins, but Dave, Mike and George Sanderson all struggled to get into double figures in the single seaters!
Jake Stabb with Mark (Mark Courtney)
Mike and Harry Rigby then continued the day with a number of shorter flights each. We managed to keep the flying going until 5.30pm with most course members getting a second bite of the cherry. Mark then finished the day with a lecture on soaring. - Sally Hender
