When I rang Exeter Airport control tower this morning to inform them that we would be flying until it rains at four o'clock, the man on the other end of the phone laughed.
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| On the grid (Mark Layton) |
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| Note to Treasurer - 2 Juniors in use (Mark Layton) |
With the autumn conditions in full flow, it was a cold start and even though the cloudbase was higher than predeicted it was the misting canopies that caused a bit of a delay. It was also particularly calm, almost zero wind day before the arrival of the expected storm tomorrow. With Pete Smith as Duty Instructor helped by Ron Johns and Guy Adams the longer than normal training list, elongated by a handful of youngsters enjoying school half term, was worked through to ensure at least everyone flew.
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| Fantastic sky before the arrival of Storm Benjamin (David Clements) |
With accurate flying in the benign conditions, pilots could stretch the circuits out to 7 minutes or more in the steady slightly negative sink. Despite the greyscale landscape the views were spectacular as ever and the stillness of the air made each flight magical.
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| Queuing to get cleaned before hangar packing (Mark Layton) |
After flying through lunch, the names on both flying lists slowly got ticked off (41 flights in all) until you guessed it, the rain appeared at four o'clock! - Mark Layton
