The Thursday weather forecast was for less wind than Wednesday, but wind from the southeast veering through the day towards the southwest. Some thermal activity and possible showers. As it turned out we set up at the west end and thankfully the wind didn’t move beyond South, - so no need to change ends and no showers. Mike Sloggett was in charge of the day assisted by James Flory and later Chris Wool and Ron Johns.
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| And a street right over the airfield (Mark Layton) |
The morning brief was delayed while a team headed by George Sanderson repaired the main wheel on the much-needed K21 HCX. (KEK being in the workshop for a 6000hour inspection. - What great workhorses the K21s are! )
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| The sky looked promising, but cloudbase was unspectacular (John Borland) |
The sky looked promising, but the cloudbase was not very high and the early flights were all short. By 12:00 flights were lasting around 30 minutes, but as the day wore on the times got longer and from 3pm onwards club gliders were being called down to ensure the flying list was completed. Dave Perriam gave our two Trial flight visitors a great experience.
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| Last flight of the day (John Borland) |
Four private gliders were rigged 477 Mark Layton, JDD Shaun Dayman, W7 Wyn Davies, G29 Eric Alston with Eric taking the honours for the longest flight at 2 hours 26 minutes closely followed by Shaun at just under two hours. Thanks to Alan Rappaport for tugging 7 aerotows in Bumblebee as the club Eurofox was out of action with an intermittent warning light.
In total 34 flights and a total of over 15 hours flying and everyone on the flying list flew. A good team effort all round. Thanks to Mike for running the day. - John Borland
And in the evening, congratulations to Ron Johns who completed his FRTOL with James Smart.
