Other than the manicured airfield turf (thanks to the mowing crew) It could have been February on the field first thing, thick coats and hats needed against the biting wind. It was north easterly to start with but we resisted the temptation to change ends putting it down to local interference and thus it proved to be, although it did re-appear briefly later in the day.
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| North Hill manicured turf (Peter Smith) |
It was difficult to get away from the winch until later in the morning and then it just got better and better with a convergence forming almost overhead during the afternoon.
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| Convergence over North Hill (Peter Smith) |
The X-country gang set off early afternoon and all returned later.
"Late launch when the conditions improved so thought we'd do a couple of racing laps around the Club 100 - with Rich in V5. This was the quick one - almost came a cropper on the second lap as the sea air had come up the Exe estuary and killed it around Crediton but the Exeter controller was my friend while I spent over 20 minutes digging myself out - many thanks." Pete Startup
And the usual Pundits from up country enjoyed the conditions west of Exeter.
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| BGA Ladder flights 12 June 2024 |
High point and timed to perfection was the arrival of Glenn Turpin returned from his Greek Odyssey on Tuesday evening. We then managed to fly everyone on the list but unfortunately some didn’t benefit from the later in the day improvement.
Alan & Bumblebee again saved the aerotow day with 11 tows covering the trial lessons and spin training which was a great help in covering everyone on the flying list.
Mid-afternoon conditions improved dramatically allowing longer flights and good climbs to 4k plus. 48 glider flights of which 22 were training flights. - Peter Smith
