New month, new weather, new CFI (Thanks Stu Procter for your 6 years service and welcome to Mark Courtney taking over CFI duties) - The strong easterly wind in the forecast suggested there could be some wave around, and this was evident whilst towing the gliders to the west end of the airfield.
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| The wave bar downwind (Jill Harmer) |
The first flight was an Instructor weather check to assess the varying cloudbases, turbulence and clutching hands, and the verdict came back as Blue card, so the flying list was juggled for 1 familiarisation flight each, to maximise the flying experience in the short turbulent flights for both newer and more experienced members.
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| Busy launch point (Jill Harmer) |
During the afternoon, the wind abated somewhat although the tricky sink was still around, the lift and wave bars just out of reach downwind, and the Yellow card pilots got airborne. Mark Courtney kept pointing out that Dartmoor GS were soaring in wave at 5000ft.
Chris Wool checked out Stewart Henshall for his Blue card - well done.
30 flights in all - thanks everyone - J&P
