It was another chilly start to the flying day this morning, but this didn’t deter a few determined members. Duty Instructor Simon Leeson arranged the airfield set up, with launching from the west end. So it was a long walk with just the two K21’s taken up. Afternoon instructor Mark Courtney stepped in and helped start with the two-seater list.
Both instructors started with check flights, so there was a lot of walking and not much launching going on, however, Simon was soon on to our keen new junior member Lily, who got a 41 min flight, the longest club flight of the day.
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Impressive streets all the way to Dartmoor (Mark Courtney)
Pete Startup 230 took a launch at 12:30pm and returned two hours later having turned Glastonbury. "Nice bimble over the Somerset Levels - rare in Winter, but the streeting never seemed to be going in the same direction as me so I decided not to go fast ;-) I wonder why the turnpoint at Glastonbury isn't the Tor?"
There was a Competition Enterprise meeting early afternoon, so launching stalled slightly, when the winch and cable retrieve driver, Rob Hender (thank you for your very long stint) and instructor Mark, left to attend!
Flying continued after the meeting, with everyone on the list flown by 5pm. Thank you to everyone for their help today, and putting up with the cold, windy conditions. - Sally Hender
