Despite the unflyable weather during the day at both North Hill and Long Mynd, at 7pm on Sunday five intrepid DSGC pilots took winch launches from North Hill for the evening’s Club Condor task.
The task was NH2 - Bampton - Taunton - Crewkerne - NH2, a total of 109 km, in club class gliders - four LS4as and a new DG101 getting its first outing. Conditions were pretty good - base was up to 4500 ft, but there were a number of challenging blue gaps to catch the unwary, as well as the Merryfield and Dunkeswell ATZs. Four pilots finished the task, but all slightly miscalculated the final glide and needed a climb at the finish to get to minimum height of 2000 ft QNH.
As always it was great to fly and chat with friends on the task on Discord - as well as explore the local cross-country area.
All are welcome to join - it’s a great way to keep flying when real world conditions don’t cooperate. Club events will be 7pm each Sunday and other times in the week subject to demand. - Stewart Henshall
