Peter Smith's normally optimistic Tuesday evening email about the weather for Wednesday flying wasn't particularly inspiring as it indicated a window of opportunity lasting about four hours with a boisterous westerly wind. Luckily the low pressure over the north of England drifted further into the North Sea during the night and we were delighted to be dealt a decent cloud base, light winds and some cracking thermal activity.
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| View from Launch Control (Mark Layton) |
Peter along with Guy Adams and the tugless tug pilot Peter Field shared the instructing duties. A variety of check flights and card checks followed. Peter flew with Isabel, a returning Junior experiencing winch launching after her recent aerotow flight experience. Chris Warnes also sent away three happy trial flight customers who all had winch launches as there was no tug available.
Towards the end of the day the thermals began to work off the west ridge but it was a tad more difficult further afield as Pete Startup in 230, today's only private owner found as he landed out not far from Tiverton.
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| 230 near Tiverton (Connor Williams) |
The wise old ex-instructors Pete Warren and John Sillett, having lost none of their soaring skills showed everyone how it was done as each had an hour or so flying P2's with Peter and Guy.
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| Peter Warren and Peter Smith (Mark Layton) |
