After weeks of lovely sunny weather (not always ideal for glider pilots) things reverted to normal English Summer mode. The low cloud, brief periods of rain and fluctuating air temperature plagued us all day. One minute launches were full height, the next they were pulling off before entering the low cloud.
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| Duty Instructors Peter Smith and Glenn Turpin (Mark Layton) |
Duty Instructors Peter Smith and Glenn Turpin took control working their way through the flying list which involved a lot of walking up and down the field doing simulated launch failures for various card checks and the single Junior was in use by those who just wanted to get airborne.
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| Graham Morris congratulates Mark Courtney (Mark Courtney) |
CFI Mark Courtney became a student for the day as he was put under test to become a SPL Examiner ahead of the licencing changes at the end of September by the South West Regional Examiner Graham Morris. - Well done Mark FE(S)
Once everyone who wanted to fly had done so, the visitor evening group took over, but unfortunately with limited success with only the last few unable to fly due the returning low cloud.
A frustrating day of stop start flying but at least we flew. - Mark Layton
