The "good air" behind the cold front has arrived and brought a howling crosswind from the north. Some careful positioning of the launch point and winch was needed to ensure the newly seeded area was not touched, and Chairman Nick continued the rolling of the area to press the grass seeds in, just a little rain needed now!
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| Quite cloudy at times (Jill Harmer) |
A weather check by Duty Instructors Pete Harmer and Mike Sloggett was flown to assess the conditions. Cloud base was above launch height and just a yellow flag was raised for the sometimes gusty crosswind conditions.
Northerly streets with some signs of wave bars (Jill Harmer)
Following the weather check KEK was found to have a problem with locking the front rudder pedals, and thanks to George Sanderson and the team for getting a new part on order so quickly, so KEK was parked and walked back to the hangar at lunchtime.
Mike and Pete worked through the two-seater flying list, and Tom Sides looked after the Trial lesson visitors with Robert Lee tugging.
Aerotow view from the winch (Aston Key)
Some flights took advantage of the northerly cloud streets aligning with some enhanced lift possibly due to some wave. Whist others found a lot of sink all round the circuit.
Longest flight of the day in the Junior went to Dave Perriam albeit from an aerotow just over an hour, with Ruth Comer enjoying 40 mins from the the winch. Thanks everyone - a sign of autumn arriving, and the advanced party have set off for Portmoak - watch them on glideandseek - J&P
