A tricky day with the field still draining from the flooding deluges this week, but the slow start allowed the DG505 to be rigged by the Thursday crowd after the difficult repair of the trim spring (Thanks Carl and team).
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Rigging the DG505 while waiting for clouds to lift (Mike Horwood)
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Aerotows on a carefully selected run were started with the trial lesson visitor who had been cancelled yesterday flying first. The sky had been clearing nicely, but that tiny bit of heating was enough to kick off some enormous showers again generating more puddles at lunch time.
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Opening up nicely... (Mike Horwood)
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Pete Harmer and Mike Sloggett made their way through the flying list with Robert Lee providing the 1500ft tows, fortunately most of the showers developed around North Hill during the afternoon, allowing flying to continue.
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Launch control on the hardstanding (Mike Horwood)
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The wind struggled to stay in one direction as the lines of clouds moved through, but it was fairly light, and showed no signs of squalls, and the forecast was continuing to show a pleasant evening.- 12 aerotows in all.
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Waiting for the showers to pass (Miike Horwood)
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The group evening of cyclists arranged by Wyn Davies would clearly not get an evening of winching because of the soft ground, but a decision was made to offer 1500ft aerotows instead, with Stu Procter volunteering to tug. - J&P
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Wyn's group of cyclists (Wyn Davies)
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And it turned into a lovely sunny evening - "All met in the club for a briefing and flying started soon after 6 with the last landing just after 8. A fine sunny evening and everyone enjoyed clear blue skies and stunning views. All felt very lucky to get in the sky after such horrendous weather, and were very impressed with the club running with volunteers and the great facilities we have. We all enjoyed a picnic in the clubhouse as the sun set and the evening cooled. Big Thanks go to James Flory, James Smart, David Perriam, Ashley Thomas and Stuart Procter, another 10 flights " - Wyn Davies
