Glenn’s prophesy was on the mark, so gliders and field equipment were set up in anticipation of the cold front clearance with the winch centrally at the west end. We had a couple of false starts with low cloud until cloud base rose sufficiently.
The wind had more north in it than we were hoping for, so the ridge was temperamental. A large dark cloud arrived at a point convenient for a brief lunch stop then flying was resumed until gone 17:00. A combination of ridge and some thermal activity provided extended flights during the afternoon, but it was always cold on the field as Glenn forewarned us.
Dark clouds on the horizon (Peter Smith)
Everyone flew with a variety of training, refresher and check flights as well as some just because they could. Andy Davey rigged the Libelle and matched Dan Hender’s 45minutes which were the longest flights. Mike Sloggett joined Glenn and Peter for an awayday Wednesday which worked well and between us and solo pilots 42 flights were completed.
Up to cloudbase (Peter Smith)
Everything was washed down and swiftly put to bed so the instructors could excitedly scurry home for the evening Zoom instructor meeting. - Peter Smith
