Initially only a handful of members showed up this morning, but as ever enthusiasm beats numbers everytime and by the time I arrived the ground kit was out and DI'd. By 9am several more people had arrived.
After a morning briefing it was decided we had enough people to winch but with some interest in aerotowing Stu Procter also got the Fox ready for its first outing in a while. The weather did pretty much as forecast with one welcome exception, the southerly wind wasn’t quite as strong as predicted.
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South ridge is working (James Flory)
With everything ready, Robert was the first to go taking a tow with grandson George. I was quickly behind with the first winch launch with Connor at the controls. The cloudbase was reasonable and the southerly breeze meant the south ridge was working quite nicely in places, giving good extended flights. With no more aerotows Stu helped work through the list with me and also gave previous member James Sydney a friends and family flight, nice to see James back.
Cloudbase was reasonable (James Flory)
As the day progressed the southerly wind strengthened leading to blue card conditions on approach, so having flown everyone on the list the decision was made to call it a day by 2:30.
Overall a nice day with some good testing conditions with the reward of nice extended flights along the south ridge. - James Flory
