Following a long dry spell, there was a large amount of rain over the last few days and particularly on Wednesday evening (42mm),
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| North Hill Rainfall Totals |
so detailed pitch inspections were needed to see how the new levelled grass areas had behaved. Peter Smith was pleasantly surprised to find that the new areas had drained really well, and in fact the only puddles on North Hill were in the middle of the airfield on the old grass. So it was decided to wait for the wind to drop a little and use the morning for other things and fly in the afternoon.
The DG505 and a Junior were derigged ready for the Juniors Club expedition to Long Mynd. In the simulator, following Pete's modification to improve the elevator control, the proof of concept for electronic trim and flaps was successful and the old K2 original stick trim was disconnected.
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| Clear Devon air after the deluge (Jill Harmer) |
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| Soarable spot mid-afternoon (Mike Sloggett) |
There was an empty launch point mid afternoon as an active cloud street set up over the winch. Aston Key had the longest flight at 34 minutes. Very pleasant day, thanks all. - J&P
