Responding to Glenn’s hopeful GG post that flying might be possible on Wednesday, a large group responded early only to find an insufficiently high cloudbase. Promises of things to come kept the till at North Hill's cafe ringing until mid-morning when the call was made to pull out the two K21s and a Junior for winch launching. Glenn and Pete Warren’s initial met flight turned into an extended ridge run so a call was made to also bring out the Perkoz and the second Junior.
The ridge was working for most; not epic but enough for soaring flight times not seen since November. Everyone had at least one flight which helped currency and a Day Trial flight was given to a returning lapsed glider pilot who showed he had received instruction at North Hill in 1979 from an instructor named N. Jones.....
230 and M with good ridge running flights (Tom Sides)
Pete Startup and Andy Davey inaugurated the 2023 soaring season by rigging their gliders and Pete (surprise) took the honours for the longest flight of the day at 188 minutes.
A pleased treasurer - Tom Sides
