A grey start to the day but the weather showed potential. The field was inspected and considered plenty dry enough which prompted us to ‘get the toys out’. Both K21’s, the Junior and the DG505 were DI’d & Launch Control was setup in the North East corner.
A bit grey to start (Julian West)
With around a dozen members present, the first launch took place just after 10:00. Instructors outnumbered students by 3:1 to the great benefit of the only student!
Improving sunshine (Julian West)
Morning flights were relatively short & conditions remained calm. Everyone was kept busy and launch point operations ran smoothly.
Period of sunshine in the afternoon (Stewart Henshall)
Numerous cable breaks after lunchtime slowed the launches but after some skilled repairs normal business resumed. Better conditions followed with a short period of sunshine, 1700 feet was achieved in the Junior. Visibility deteriorated as the afternoon progressed although the wind picked up a little.
A pleasant winter flying day (Julian West)
Flying continued right up to around 16:30. All in all a surprisingly pleasant flying day was had by all with 33 launches in total. - Julian West
