The drive to the airfield under blue sunny skies, alongside a generally optimistic weather forecast, suggested a day of flying awaited Club members at North Hill today. With a good number of members keen to fly James Flory and Dave Herbert, as the duty team for the morning, soon had both K21s, a Junior and the Perkoz out of the hangar. Whilst daily inspections were completed on the gliders, James and Mike Sloggett went to the West end, to check the condition of the airfield and decide the best position for Launch Control and winch rope run taking into account the light NE wind.
Once the gliders had been walked to the West end of the airfield by mid-morning it was on with the flying list for a series of training and check flights completed by James and Mike whilst the solo pilots took the Junior for winch and aerotow launches
Andy Davey demonstrated how quickly one can lose height in a K21 from a 5000ft aerotow, being watched from the ground by various members as he completed a series of aerobatic manoeuvres. The arrival of Ron Johns and Peter Smith allowed flying to continue through the lunch period which meant the flying list made good progress as the day unfolded.
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| Sunglint (Mike Sloggett) |
During the day Paul Summers looked after our sole Trial Visitor. Well Done to Paul Medlock who successfully converted to the Perkoz.
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| Sun setting (Mike Sloggett) |
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| Sally hooking on Hans in the Junior (Rob Hender) |
Thank you (as ever) to Sally Hender who did a long shift in Launch Control including some training of others - and after which Sally, being evidently bored and no longer needed in Launch Control, decided to help out with launching gliders!
A good day from start to finish, thank you to all involved today. - Mike Sloggett
