Sid's forecast: Bright start & blue thermal starting fairly early becoming very shallow isolated Cu 6000-6500ft beneath slowly increasing high cover .
The tasks were set :
Class A 337km Nympsfield - Winchcombe - Sackville - Silverstone - Rivar Hill - Nympsfield
Class B 229km Nympsfield - Winchcombe - Buckingham - Hungerford - Nympsfield
Class C 125km Nympsfield - Hungerford - Nympsfield
Dan in the K6 DRE (had completed the 100km task on Tuesday) so stepped up to 229km, Pete 230 and Phil and Nick DD3 took on the 330km task. The conditions were "Amazing" cloud base over 6000ft and thermal averages of 6 to 8 knots.
The hardest part was making sure you kept under the cobweb of height restrictions covering the centre of England. All tasks completed.
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| DRE and DD3 ( Sally Hender) |
"Great task, great company and great thermals - top day out!" - Pete Startup
"Epic conditions for us West country boys..... Dratts!!!! missed hoped for 100kph by a fraction." - Phil Morrison
And Dan (tooo tired to comment!) - Third Cross-country flight 3hrs 42min , 85kph - "The boy done good!!!" - PS
A perfect flying day was rounded off with a Barbecue organised by the North Hill group for all at Nympsfield . Thank you Phil, Sally and Rob. - Nick Jones
