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.....
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| 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
