A slightly indifferent forecast which included potential thunderstorms and torrential downpours and not so much of the 'hot blue', but with an instructor team of Pete Harmer, Peter Smith, Chris Wool and Mike Sloggett leading the way to the West end of the airfield, 15 or so members got operations going just after 10:00a.m.
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| Skylaunch (Mike Horwood) |
Early in the day Karen King was put through her paces by Chris by encountering, on the downwind leg, ‘imaginary sink’ requiring a landing across the field and coming to a stop slightly inside the club’s non-official conservation area. Mike Horwood revalidated his Red card rating and then enjoyed a K21 solo achieving longest flight of the day 33 mins. John Borland also enjoyed several walks from East to West before converting to the Perkoz.
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| John Borland converts to Perkoz (Karen King) |
Training and solo flights continued in the benign light and variable tending to southerly crosswind.
The line of rain stayed beyond the South coast until finally fizzling out, so another good day - but you had to be at North Hill - 32 winch launches - Karen King & J&P
