With Saturday lost to the gusty winds, the duty instructor email for Sunday, was for a good forecast, so there were a lot of members at the club first thing. Connor wasn’t even first on the list! With windier than predicted conditions setting up the airfield was delayed, the first launch finally being taken at 11:30am. With fifteen names on the two-seater list the challenge was on. A blue flag was put out, with the gusty conditions, which disappointed a number of pilots.
Brentor pilot, Mark Elliott had his spin training with Mark Courtney, Paul Summers took the Trial Lesson, Phil, when the conditions changed to yellow card, and a mixture of training flights and card checks were completed by Mike Sloggett, James Flory and Peter Warren.
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| Blue Eagle defies the easterly wind for over 2 hours (John Pursey) |
At 1:13pm John Pursey and Alan Rappaport took a launch in the Eagle AXJ not to be seen again for another 148 mins. By 3:30pm the flying conditions colour has changed again, to red, as the wind died down. The Junior was put to good use by the solo pilots all afternoon. Everything was completed by 6:15pm thanks to everyone who helped today, especially Gordon Hutchinson and Paul Medlock who winched all day between them. - Sally Hender
