The weather forecast for today suggested flying from first thing through to the end of the day with improving skies as the day unfolded. But as has been the case recently the actual weather was somewhat different.....
The members present had all four two-seaters and a Junior out of the Hangar well before 9am so with the winch and launch point set up soon after the only question was whether the cloudbase was sufficient to allow full height launches.
As it happened the first winch launch was a simulated ‘land ahead’ launch failure anyway and the second winch launch was released just below cloudbase which was only around 750ft.
And so it was an appropriate time to return to the Clubhouse for coffee, which was timely as the Women’s’ World Cup Final was about to start. The next few hours saw various members watching the football avidly, whilst other members were seen regularly wandering in to the Clubhouse to check on the score and watch a few minutes of the match before returning outside to see if the weather had improved to allow gliding to re-commence.
Skies improving (Mike Sloggett)
And then with the blue skies starting to become more prevalent in and amongst the wispy clouds Pete Warren and Mike Sloggett took a met flight which confirmed that the afternoon might just allow some gliding.
With the afternoon weather steadily improving the rest of the day saw Robert Lee look after our Trial Lesson visitors, the flying lists for training and solo pilots completed and James Flory flying with Simon Minson for James’ Full Cat Rating preparation.
Thank you to all who stayed patient today and helped others to get into the air. - Mike Sloggett
