Thur 16th June

The forecast for soaring weather at North Hill wasn't great for Thursday,  but an exclusive (small) number of Thursday regulars turned up and with the wind being mainly light and variable, we opted for the easy option and set up the launch point at the eastern end. 

 

Hazy cloud tempered the heat (Jill Harmer)

Peter Smith, Pete Harmer and Chris Wool worked their way through the two-seater training list with mainly circuits and eventuality flights. The Junior managed to get the longest flights of the day 12 minutes for John Borland and 11 minutes for Pete Harmer and Peter Smith, Robert Lee looked after the Trial lesson visitors, and Barbie Fairclough and Robert Lee shared the tugging.

Andy Pincombe converted to Perkoz and then Junior (Jill Harmer)

 Well done to Andy Pincombe for completing his spin checks and converting to Perkoz and Junior. Well done to Stewart Henshall  for converting to DG505. 20 winch launches and 4 aerotows - J&P