After the classroom Navigation / Field Landing exercises yesterday, on Easter Sunday, there were a large number of members who’d forgone their chocolate eggs and made the trip to the Gliding Club this morning.
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| Dan taking Sally for a flight (Sally Hender) |
The briefing was at 9:30, with James Flory explaining the unexpectedly strong winds as the ageostrophic affect! The airfield was then set up at the west end, with duty instructor Mike Sloggett assisted by James Flory, Simon Minson, Steve Westlake and Peter Smith making a start on the two-seater list.
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| Launching from the west end again (Sally Hender) |
Tom Sides stepped in to cover the DLM Duty, as Paul Medlock was poorly (hope you’re better soon). Due to no catering, we carried on flying through lunch (hope you are better soon too Vicki). It was good to see Andrew Mugleston visiting.
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| Turned a bit cloudy later (Sally Hender) |
With a plethora of instructors the two-seat list was completed by 1:45pm, so those who wanted to, got to fly again. Andy Bachelor got the longest flight of the day, by a long way, with 54 mins! Most other flights tended to be circuits and lots of simulated cable breaks. Dan Hender kindly took me for a flight, and Alan Rappaport was kept busy in the tug (FLBX) with eight aerotows!
50ish flights - a great successful day, thanks to everyone who helped. - Sally Hender
