With a blustery day forecast, and only four names initially on the two-seater list (50% of which were female!) it looked like a fairly simple day ahead for duty instructor Mike Sloggett, assisted by James Flory for the morning. However, as the gliders were being taken out from the hangar, more members appeared, however so did JB, who was happy to instruct too.
We started flying at just after 10:00am, with boisterous conditions making it a blue card day. Rob Hender did winch and cable retrieve until the lunch break, thank you! Juniors: Lily Sanders Page, Adam Smyth and Faber Green made themselves very useful around the Launchpoint. We all stopped for lunch at 12.30pm due to lack of numbers. Dave Perriam then took on the role of winch and cable retrieve for the afternoon, thank you, with Paul Medlock doing the last stint of the day.
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| SM enjoying some local soaring (Simon Minson) |
Simon Minson was the only private owner out but enjoyed local soaring for the longest flight 2hrs 33. We continued into the afternoon, and managed to complete the flying lists by 5:30pm.
Thanks to everyone on the field today, and a special thanks to Trevor Russell for stepping in and covering the DLM Duty. 23 flights in total, a good flying day. - Sally Hender