Having dispensed with the wooly hats and donned those more suitable for the sun, the long walk up to the west end of the field was not as arduous as it has been in recent months. The warm sunny weather has made a welcome return after what seems to have been a long wet and windy winter.
Initially two K21's and a Junior were towed up followed a bit later by the Perkoz after a minor technical problem delayed its departure.
Launch point (Mark Layton)
Alongside the normal training, Paul a recently retired commercial pilot arrived in his Robin to get his tow rating revalidated with Ian Mitchell, Paul used to be Tugmaster at Nympsfield -resulting in five free tows for the lucky few.
Visiting DR400 Robin (Mark Layton)
Around the middle of the day despite the cloudless sky there was the odd thermal to over 2000ft with Chris Warnes having the longest flight of around 35 minutes.
Meanwhile the drone of tractor engines filled the air as work on the field leveling progressed with Nick & Peter driving up and down for most of the day towing various contraptions with gliders taking off on one side of them and landing on the other. All worked well together on a pleasant day that wasn't epic but continued until all had flown with everyone pleased to get in the air. - Mark Layton
