The day started very quietly with just a small handful of people on a potentially reasonable flying day. Low cloud meant a slower than normal start coupled with the low number of people attending, but, the cloud lifted and the day improved very quickly and we started to fly after a walk to the west end.
With the small numbers the day was restricted to aerotow only on the grounds of maintaining safe operations. The days flying started with the normal MET flight, and for once North Hill was in a big whole in the cloud.
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| Tuggie Stu took a glider flight (Stuart Procter) |
We had a total of fourteen flights which provided for a number of training requirements to be fullfilled and all pilots to fly in some interesting conditions.
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| Interesting conditions Stu landing (Simon Leeson) |
A good day was had by all, with a visit from Andy Aveling and Gary Coppin from Lasham in a Super Cub, and the Rotax Falke doing its usual thing.
A good enjoyable flying day was had by all those that attended, those that didn’t lost out !! - Dave Perriam
After flying, it was all speed ahead to prepare for the evening entertainment for International Francophonie Day.
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| A French theme (Jill Harmer) |
40 members, partners and friends squeezed into the Clubroom for a super 'all things French' evening.
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| A fantastic French spread (Jill Harmer) |
Vicki put on a fantastic buffet including the snails and froglegs that some enjoyed! Jonathan and Jeannine Erskine ran a fun French quiz.
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| Snail Racing (Rob Hender) |
Then the main event was the snail racing with flying snails designed and crafted by Ivan Roulson. A great evening and we raised £137 for the DSGC Charitable Trust. Thanks all for supporting Vicki and the DSGC Charitable Trust.
