With the cold front clearing in the early hours of the morning, there was quite an overhang of cloud at North Hill but plenty high enough to fly - Just the slight dilemma of where to set up the launch point to minimise any damage to the soft ground.
The surface wind initially was very light, but with an increasing north westerly wind with height, those who got full height launches found that the ridge was working a bit.
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| LRD on approach (Mike Horwood) |
Just before lunchtime, Eric Alston G29 and Pete Startup 230 appeared with their gliders and both enjoyed a soaring afternoon.
After lunch the high cloud had cleared to the south, leaving a blue sky and some great looking streets setting up in the North westerly. The second Junior was quickly readied and an empty lunch point ensued with unfortunately flight times having to be being limited to ensure that everyone flew.
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| Empty Launch Point (Mike Horwood) |
Later in the afternoon, the air got a little boisterous with the North west wind picking up, but giving good height launches for most to enjoy winter soaring flights. Great day 33 winch launches and 3 aerotows -Thanks all - J&P
