Only a small group turned up on the longest day of the year, with just three people asking for training. The sunny days we've recently experienced were replaced with quickly changing skies and included sporadic rain showers and a blustery southeast, crosswind, thus requiring us to walk just the two K21s and one Junior to the west end of the field.
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| Canopies covered for the strong sunshine (Karen King) |
Steve Westlake handled the two-seater training and the other two gliders were initially used for solo flying. But then CFI Mark commandeered one of the K21s to give BI candidate Paul Medlock more coaching, and Mike Sloggett offered to instruct having arrived early for the member's evening party.
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| Members Party (Mark Courtney) |
The crosswind allowed the south ridge to work, and even led to what many felt was wave, with flights nearly reaching 3000ft. All in all, a good day with 18 flights and we packed up the toys at 5:00pm to get ready for the party.
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| Vicki with some help from Bev (Jill Harmer) |
Full congratulations to Vicki, in preparing a great meal for this year's Member's party. As well, special thanks go to Nick for getting the beer and Sally for so many of the other contributions, e.g., setting up gazebos and shade umbrellas, getting varied drinks chilled and ready for serving. And of course, her omnipresent quizzes and selling raffle tickets for a DSGC Charity prize draw. - Tom Sides
"Thank you to everyone for their support and generosity for the raffle, and lovely to see so many of you at the Hog Roast last night, hopefully you enjoyed it as much as I did! Well done, Ashley Thomas for winning the top prize, the hamper.
I’m pleased to announce we managed to raise an amazing £550.00 for the DSGC Charitable Trust. Also a massive thanks to Vicki for feeding us all another fabulous spread! " - Sally Hender
I’m pleased to announce we managed to raise an amazing £550.00 for the DSGC Charitable Trust. Also a massive thanks to Vicki for feeding us all another fabulous spread! " - Sally Hender
