The Day that nearly wasn’t.
Today was the first organised aerotow trip this year for North Hill members to experience a new gliding site, our nearest neighbour, Dartmoor Gliding Society (Brentor). But it nearly didn’t happen, despite beautiful gin clear conditions at Brentor, North Hill was fogged in until almost midday!
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| Eurofox arriving (Connor Redburne) |
Originally we had six DSGC members on the list to visit Brentor, as it happened only three made the trip due to unforeseen circumstances on the day, they vow to sign up for the next trip!
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| Busy Briefing (Connor Redburne) |
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| Fantastic views of Dartmoor (Connor Redburne) |
Dave Perriam continues to build experience at this lovely little club in preparation for a wave day in the future.
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| Martin and Ashley in CCY (Connor Redburne) |
Ashley is now cleared to aerotow at Brentor and plans to take his glider there next time. Steve Westlake was soon seen jumping into the rear seat of a K13 and then into a very nice Puchacz!
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| Steve and Ashley in Puchacz (Mark Courtney) |
The afternoon was relaxed and very enjoyable, the hospitality as usual, exceptional.
Stuart and I shared the tows between us, two at a time then a water break it was so hot!
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| Sitting in the shade (Mark Courtney) |
A big thanks to Brentor for allowing us to visit, hopefully next time we will be able to bring 5-6 pilots from North Hill who have never experienced this site.
Visiting other sites is a fantastic way to improve your skills as a glider pilot, I highly recommend that any NH pilot wanting to broaden their horizons should sign up next time.
But none of this could happen if it were not for the Dartmoor Gliding Society allowing us to use their facilities, Thanks to DGS members for their help and Peter Howarth for being the duty instructor.we would like to thank them for allowing us to visit and hope we will return soon. - Mark Courtney
