Wed 13th August

After yesterday's third heat wave of the summer gave way to a day of predicted slightly cooler weather it was still a surprise to drive to NHL this morning with the windscreen wipers clearing the 'baby rain' for most of the journey! 

 

Weighing the Perkoz (Mark Layton)

The clearance never really arrived until mid afternoon which gave time for various members to carry out a few tasks around the club. George Sanderson and his crew weighed the Perkoz, which was a challenge in itself as it had to be lifted surprisingly high to get the correct angle before the measuring could be done. Afterwards they also weighed Chris Woodwood's Astir which in comparison was a much easier task. A few others started cutting up the old wooden club house roofing ready for the log burner when the weather gets colder and the rest either drank tea, fettled gliders or made use of the simulator. 

Blue sky yesterday - well done Chris (Ian Mitchell)

Well done to Chris Woodward for completing his cross-country endorsement nav test with Ian yesterday.

Cloudbase to an acceptable level!! (Mark Layton)

 After lunch as the cloudbase rose to an acceptable level two K21's and a Junior were taken out to the north east corner. The first few flights had extended circuits or were used for cable break practice or in some cases real ones (three times). The sky cycled a bit as the temperature dropped and it felt like the sea air had moved in which opened up some big blue holes before closing in again. A strange and frustrating afternoon. 
 Luckily everyone who wanted to had a flight, although some were shorter than they would have liked. - Mark Layton