After an excellent journey up to Portmoak on Friday and with JZK and DG1 successfully rigged, we set off to the Club early from the Cottage, for the morning briefing. The briefing included the Interclub League, DSGC and the Kent Gliding Club, so had to be very comprehensive!
We then resorted to coffee, to wait for the weather to improve. At 11:00, we pulled the DG505 across to the aerotow line, and Dave Perriam managed to get his site checks done.
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| DSGC at Portmoak (Mark Courtney) |
Mark Courtney and Stuart Thomson took the first launch managing 48 mins, however they landed during the Inter Club League launching their grid, so we all took a timely break for lunch.
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| Mark & Stuart Thomson ( Mark Courtney) |
At 2.20pm the DG505 took its second launch with Mike Sloggett and Rob Hender, followed by Ron and Dan Johns (711), Andy Davey (M), Guy Adams (CEC) and Gordon Hutchinson (JDP). However, when Mike and Rob landed, the decision had just been made to swap ends. So even after repeatedly trying to contact them to advise, they ended up walking the length of the airfield twice!!!
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| Being artistic (Mark Courtney) |
By this time I had worked my way into the Launchpoint, and happily took over, ‘North Hill…. No sorry, Portmoak Base’! Mark and Paul Summers then took a flight, with only a short delay in launching, when I inadvertently sent the Fire truck on a retrieve! The last flight of the day was taken by Mike and Dave, which ended a very successful day. We did try to unsuccessfully interlope on the Interclub BBQ, so it was back to the Cottage for more wine instead… what a shame! - Sally Hender
