The low cloud on Wednesday that prevented flying gave way to a bright sunny Thursday as a high pressure edged in, only marred by some high milkiness restricting the strength of the sun and cancelling any winter thermals. A good crowd of Thursday regulars turned up and after a pitch inspection all was set up and ready to go by 9:30 waiting for canopies to clear. With zero wind the launch point was set up in the North East. The first flight launched at 10:18. A good day for keeping or renewing currency and progressing card checks. 7 or 8 minute flights were the order of the day from the winch and 20 minutes for a 3000ft aerotow. In total 27 winch launches and 7 Fox aerotows.
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| Simon Jordy in the Eurofox (David Clements) |
The last flight landed a few minutes before 3pm with everyone having flown at least once. Shaun Dayman continued his BI training with Chis Wool. Andy Davey took a 5000ft aerotow to practise aerobatics and Ron Johns gave Andrew Chisholm a first trial flight. All in all a good day of winter flying.
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| Helper for hangar packing (Mark Layton) |
Thanks to Ron Johns and Chris Wool for running the day and Simon Jordy tugging in the EuroFox. - John Borland
