The last day of the Club Open Week looked like it was going to be the best day of the week. It had potential with a high RASP star rating but it didn't really deliver what was expected. On the plus side, there were some clouds, but on the down side the viz was initially poor, so longer than usual waiting times between launches were called for. Fortunately, some hardly noticed the difference!
Despite the favourable forecast there was only a handful of members present at the morning briefing which resulted in decision to aerotow-only for the day. The first flight launched from the east end for a change but it was quickly changed to the west end due to the tail wind.
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| Waiting for aerotows (Mark Layton) |
Mike Sloggett, James Flory and Andy Pincombe had to share the limited number of training flights (Andy mainly, as Mike had to leave early and James flew the EuroFox most of the day sharing a few tows with Robert Lee). The rest of the crew wanted to fly their own gliders Pete Startup 230, Dave Perriam DG1, Shaun Dayman JDD, Ashley Thomas 877, Mark Layton 477 and Chris Woodward HKB. Some had more success than others, the thermals were difficult to find let alone keep in for any length of time.
After another hot day (yes it is still the first days of May after all) everyone seemed quite glad when we finished and packed everything away at 16:30 before retreating to the clubhouse for cold drinks.
A huge thanks goes to Mike who drove up from Plymouth everyday to keep the Open Week running whilst being assisted by various other instructors. - Mark Layton
