After an optimistic weather forecast from Glenn Turpin last night, people arrived in Clubhouse from around 08:30. Weather looked good and after a pitch inspection by Glenn and Chris, it was determined as flyable by aerotow only. There was only one problem… we had no tug pilot!! After some phone calls, Simon Jordy came to our rescue. Huge thanks to him for stepping in.
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| Newly retired midweek tug pilot - ready! (Stuart Thomson) |
The launch point was setup just in front of the hangar, gliders lined up and ready to go by 10:30.
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| North Hill airfield is all green again (Stuart Thomson) |
Reduced price Aerotows were limited to 1500ft and flights were short. So by midday everyone on the list had flown so a quick lunch and back to the top of the list again. Everyone that wanted to fly twice did so. Winter Solstice today so the field was being packed up by 15:30 and gliders washed after some muddy landings.
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| Cleaning the mud (Stuart Thomson) |
A total of 24 launches today but a great day was had by everyone. - Stuart Thomson
Season's Greetings to all our Members and Readers - DSGC
