With a poor forecast from most of the mainstream media it was not surprising to see few members first thing. Three Juniors turned up because of a promise of lectures and some simulator practice. From the start after studying the rainfall radar is was clear that we would fly at some point in the morning, probably sooner rather than later.
Alan Turner woke the wildlife up early in the morning to get all the ground equipment ready, with all the vehicles inspected and full of fuel by the time the first blackbird opened its eyes, thanks Alan! The three Juniors Joel, Tom and Jack had lectures on “controls and instruments” and “how a wing works” they had obviously been studying and at times I was almost redundant! Well done boys.
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| A beautiful sky ( Mark Courtney) |
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| Launch point in NE corner (Mark Courtney) |
Stu Procter got the tug out so that James Flory could have a solo aerotow in the Perkoz. We had a visitor from Brentor today Mark Elliott, Mark seemed to enjoy the challenging conditions flying the K21 and managed a second in the Perkoz with Stuart who helped out with the flying list.
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| Trevor Russell enjoying the challenging conditions (Mark Courtney) |
Glenn turned up early for his afternoon duty and grabbed a solo in the K21 having been away in the sunshine for several weeks.
By now the wind was strong, the Juniors all managed two flights and treated the second as an exciting experience in the difficult conditions, they were grinning! By 3 o’clock everyone who needed to fly had filled their boots so we put the kit away for an early finish. A great day with some great conditions with a mixture of lift sources and well worth turning up, several flights near the 30 min mark and every flight extended. Thanks to everyone who made it happen, and thanks James and Stuart, for helping Glenn and me with the flying list.
Another example of “turn up you may fly, stay at home and you won’t”! - Mark Courtney
