Who stayed home to sweep up leaves? If you did you missed a great day to stay current!
Through the winter we all know how important it is to stay current, weeks can slip by very easily, that’s why it is vital to grab the chance to fly with both hands.
A great view of North Hill (Mike Sloggett)
Today started with a skeleton crew at briefing, however those who attended were determined to fly, ( I really like that). Once the gliders were readied a few more turned up having looked at the webcams!
We took the gliders to the other end of the airfield, the field was largely remarkably good, apart from some soft stuff in the middle.
Lovely late Autumn sky (Mark Courtney)
The duty instructor Mike Sloggett, decided that winching might be possible later, but decided on aerotow to start. With the wind strengthening from the ESE the launch point was moved to the north of the centreline. The climb out was “interesting” but above 500ft things were very smooth.
Interesting below 500ft (John Borland)
Chris Wool turned up and immediately started working with Paul Medlock training for his Basic Instructor rating.
Posing for the camera (John Borland)
Mike worked through the list, with Simon Jordy positively salivating at the chance to fly the EuroFox in the lively conditions, this enabled me to have a couple of mutual flights with Tom (you spent how much! ) Sides. - Apparently according to the logkeeper, when he entered me to pay, a message jumped out and said “seriously??”
Last flight of the day (Mark Courtney)
Aerotows continued at some pace, this enabled everyone to have a flight before orographic cloud on the south ridge and misting canopies stopped play. We stopped in time for late lunch dished up by Vicky.
A very satisfying day on all fronts, pilots are now current, and all enjoyed flying at this difficult time of year.
As a foot note, we had Dunkerswell as a backup plan for today, I can’t thank them enough for their generosity and willingness to accommodate us through the winter.
Forget the leaves go flying! - Mark Courtney
