With Wednesday wiped out, and considering it should be the height of the glider soaring season it was another disappointing day at North Hill. The South West continues to lag behind the rest of the country in thermal activity!
The CFI turned up with the Clubs' latest acquisition - a big golf buggy - so much room for the golf bags / rucksacks and tyres!
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| Latest DSGC ground vehicle (Mark Courtney) |
It was a bit of a slow start despite the field being set up for flying from the west end (just after dawn apparently) by Ashley who we believe gets up before he goes to bed! The flying list started with the instructors (Mike, Steve and Mark) pulling the bung on various unsuspecting P2's and the gliders landing in a variety of different locations around the airfield as the backlog of recency / check flights continued.
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| Ground equipment (Mark Layton) |
One or two flights managed extended circuits before the rain arrived conveniently at lunchtime. After reconvening somewhat prematurely after being conned by the CFI that it was clearing, we all stood out in the rain waiting for a further twenty minutes.
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| Waiting in the rain (Mark Layton) |
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| Training / check flights when possible (Mark Layton) |
A frustrating day for this time of year but the best was made of it by all those involved. - Mark Layton
