Only a few members were on the Flying list first thing, but they successfully set up the airfield by 10:50, with Dave Herbert taking the first launch of his 1:1 training with James Flory, congratulations on successfully resoloing.
We had yellow card conditions to start with, so training flights were delayed to begin with, but with improving weather and more members appearing the list was started in earnest.
We had three Trial flights booked and two friends and family experiences, which Chris Warnes kindly completed, with very happy faces leaving the club.
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| Mike Harris after 5 hours (Sally Hender) |
A number of private gliders pulled up to the line, Mike Harris (CEC) - congratulations on achieving your 5 hours.
Stewart Henshall (HMS) NH2-TIE-YEO-NH2 - congratulations on your 100kms Diploma Part 1 and 2.
Running east, south of Wellington (Stewart Henshall)
"The day turned out to be better than many had thought, especially later into the afternoon. Base was quite high and there were good climbs if you were persistent. On advice from PS I declared the old Club 100 and went and did it. It's been seen virtually a few times before! A very pleasing run East under some dark stuff was tempered by a bit of a gap near Yeovil and a more pressing need for a climb. Final glide would have been on from Crewkerne had I slowed down enough (not possible!). Very nice to get out and fly a declared task at a decent speed." - Stewart Henshall
Wyn Davies (W7),
"The sky looked promising to the East, RASP was saying go West. I went and completed the old club 100 to Yeovil reservoir and after completing the task took a strong street to Wimbleball Reservoir. Strong climbs all round." - Wyn Davies
A lovely day out (Wyn Davies)
Phil Morrison and Nick Jones (DD3 Okehampton and Crewkerne declared and achieved),
"A day which turned out better than expected though the RASP forecast was surprisingly accurate except it turned out a little better locally than expected. Setting Oakhampton to the West was probably far enough the cloud base dropped dramatically and some sort of fron or convergence parked itself about 10k short. Tricky passing back by Exeter (as predicted by RASP) the cloudbase recovered and the rest of the flight to Crewkerne was probably an underset; but the two old men in the glider were happy to get back in time for a quick libation at the clubhouse." - Phil Morrison
John Burrow (JB Crediton and Cerne Abbas), and Robert Lee (DKU). All disappeared off into the unexpected increasingly good conditions.
By 3pm we had very limited numbers on the airfield, and with only two trained winch drivers left, Nick Redfern and Dan Hender had to alternate between winching and flying, thank you to both.
Thanks also to our very effective DLM’s Pete Startup and Ian Hunt. We completed the list by 5:45pm thanks to all on the list for their patience.
The late afternoon sunshine was enjoyed by a group of happy flyers with tea and cake. Thanks to all for a very enjoyable day. - Sally Hender
