Thursday's forecast looked promising for a nice October day and it was with a good turn out. Intially flights were just circuits but the promise of things improving as the cloudbase went up was a possibility. Duty instructor Ron Johns assisted by Chris Wool, Guy Adams and Andy Pincombe worked through the two-seater list with only the odd check/card renewal flights to deal with.
Lovely October day (Mark Layton)
From lunchtime onwards until the end of the day, thermals although weak were there to be had. Most members had a least one flight with some opting for a second or third depending on how successful the intial ones were!
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Barbie in the Pik20 (see S&G article) (Mark Layton)
With plenty of flight times near the half hour, Pete Harmer used all his experience and won the day with a Junior flight of almost an hour.
Weak thermals under the clouds (Mark Layton)
It was a pleasurable day in the October sun with 39 flights including 7 aerotows. Let's hope there's still a few more before the winter sets in! - Mark Layton