The low cloud over the airfield ensured a slow start to the day, and whilst waiting for the cloudbase to ascend Chris Warnes and myself took advantage of gaining some valuable simulator training time.
An elite quorum of usual suspects turned up (eventually) after deciding that the optimistic RASP forecast may be close to reality. As the sky began to look more inviting two gliders were deftly liberated from the hangar and once the ground equipment was established Dave Perriam took the first launch in FZF and radioed the news that cloudbase was at a heady 1,450 feet.
Longest flight (Mike Wilmott)
Another 6 flights launched punctuated by lunch (and a coincidental shower) when CJW gave a couple of us an XCsoar tutorial. I'm pretty sure that, soon, most pilots will have this excellent (and free) app to aid their flying experience, and if you need practice with using XCSoar in flight then it is available in the DSGC Simulator.
XCSoar (Mike Willmott)
I was pleased to achieve the longest flight of the day (33m) a lot of it spent just under cloudbase and even squeezed in some aerobatics to entertain the crowd. Just as one of the heavy showers hit, it was decided pertinent to get gliders and equipment hangared, so 14:20 saw the last launch of the day. Sadly the weather was to curtail any evening flying. - Mike Willmott
