We travelled up Thursday evening, having an excellent run and checking into our amazing holiday cottage just 3 mins from Denbigh Gliding Club. (Let me know if anyone wants the details of the owners). We arrived at the Club in time for the 9:00am briefing, and Dan put his name on the two-seater flying list with 60 other Juniors. (having not been selected as one of the eight private owners allowed to bring their own gliders along!)
Dan in the back with Rob Vaughan (Sally Hender)
The airfield was set up at the east end of the field. Dan got his launch at 1:44pm with Rob Vaughan in his Duo Discus Snoopy 2 (FZ).
Rob and Sally Hender - long weekend at Denbigh
Dan had previously flown with Rob at Enterprise 2022 at the Long Mynd. They had a winch launch to 1100ft, then used the trusty iron thermal to 2000ft, but still couldn’t get away so had to have a second go to 2500ft. They managed to work their way into the dying wave, having a great flight and having a chance to do some ridge running and getting the walkers below to wave, until they were called down after 1.5 hours. Flying only stopped due to the setting sun! Great day.
The Juniors (UK Junior Gliding)
With more Juniors arriving at the weekend and the wind direction and weather not playing ball, Dan settled for just the flight on Friday. - Sally Hender
