"A nice but not spectacular day" was how Pete had described the forecast for Thursday, and on the western side of the country that was pretty much spot on.
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| Low cloud has cleared (Jill Harmer) |
A slightly delayed start due to fairly thick low cloud, but as it warmed up, the low cloud cleared, and we got underway with Pete Harmer conducting check flights for Gordon Bonny and Chris Wool training flights with John Davis. There was an early lunch called due to a little drizzle, and then the soaring began and the second Junior was brought out, with an empty launch point at times.
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| Still no grass -8mm of rain should have helped (Mike Horwood) |
Tom Sides looked after the Trial lesson Visitor Tracey who was rather nervous to start with but went away beaming.
Trial lesson visitor Tracey beaming after her flight with Tom (Mark Courtney)
Pete Startup 230 was calling the position of the convergence as it passed through North Hill with the longest flight of over two hours. The Junior pilots might have competed for the longest flights but were called down to ensure everyone flew.
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| Top cover (Stewart Henshall) |
Thanks to everyone for a "nice day" 22 winch launches and 3 aerotows by tuggie Mark. - J&P
