Thursday dawned hot and humid and less sun than yesterday. The Thursday regulars joined the Course Week team for their fourth consecutive day of flying. To say just hot and humid does not do it justice. It was very hot and very humid with 8/8 cloud cover and a light SE wind. Given the conditions there was a rather sluggish start before two K21’s, one Junior and the Perkoz reached the West end ready for the first launch at 10:42.
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Another cloudy day (Mike Horwood)
As predicted the winch launches struggled to stay up for 8 minutes. Good circuit training for the pre-solo pilots. Pete Harmer was on his own working through the two-seater list as Chris Wool was unwell ( hope to see you next week) and Mike Sloggett was helping out with the Course.
During the Course lunchbreak Mark CFI helped to work down the two-seater list when not on Tug duty. Visibility was poor under the high pressure system but improved as the days flying was drawing to a close and a weak sun was just managing to make its presence felt. Then contrary to expectations two of the last four launches contacted weak lift south of the field, just west of the Hembury ridge. In the Perkoz Pete and Stewart Henshall extracting 39 minutes out of the weak conditions and in the Junior John Borland 45 minutes enroute to hanger landings. In all seven solo’s and 32 dual flights with the hanger doors closed by 18:15 ready for the Course Fish and Chips supper. - John Borland
