Even with the morning briefing at 9.30am, the gliders and Launchpoint had already been taken out to the East end, set up and DI’d. So it was short work to get the winch setup and members across to the launch as soon as the briefing was complete.
Duty Instructor, Mike Sloggett, assisted by James Flory and Simon Leeson started the (short) two-seater list at 10:15am, Rob Hender getting the fun of spinning after a delicious fry-up courtesy of Vicki (North Hill Cafe).
Paul Summers looked after the two booked trial flight visitors and families, with the extremes in age of 14 years old (coming back next week) and an 82 year old! Both went away smiling.
Cheryl Smith kept the airfield in order for her DLM duty, Stirling taking over for the pm duty. Private owners, Trevor Russell (877), Robert Lee (DKU), John Borland (FAJ), Richard Roberts (V5) and Shaun Dayman (JDD) all taking their turns to find the improving lift as the day progressed and the convergence moved north, as the sea air arrived.
Birthday girl Sally going for a flight or 3 (Rob Hender)
Mike took me for a ‘Birthday’ flight, thank you 🎂. Flying continued, some pilots getting a second chance to launch. Everything was packed away by 5:30pm, and then tea and cake were enjoyed in the clubhouse. - Sally Hender (birthday girl)
