Well that was a busy day! With 8 names on the Flying list by 8:30 we all had a feeling that this was going to be the case. Due to the lengthy Flying list the decision was made to get all the gliders out for the first time in a while and duty instructor Ron Johns then made the call for our standard run from the north east corner.
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| Hangar emptied early - it was going to be a busy day! (Karen King) |
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| A bit of a delay due to orographic cloud (Mark Layton) |
However as soon as this had cleared we immediately got back to launching at pace so as to try and get through the flying list (now with nearly 20 names on each side).
Playing with the clouds (Peter Smith)
We had three trial lesson visitors who were looked after by Robert Lee and Peter Smith who all enjoyed themselves and we hope to see again soon!
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| Launching at pace (Mark Layton) |
We also had returning trial lessons Ivor and Alec Starkey who both thoroughly enjoyed there training flights with James Flory and Peter Smith respectively. Around lunchtime we had a brief period of thermal activity which allowed some flights if 40-50 mins to be had by a lucky few. However these thermals promptly collapsed leaving everyone to fall out of the sky very quickly!
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| Days are drawing out (Karen King) |
Thanks to the hard work of all the instructors and ground crew we managed to get everyone on the list flown with 58 flights. Overall a fantastic day for mid February. - Connor Williams
