A cold front cleared through yesterday afternoon leaving us in a nicely unstable north westerly airstream with pressure building. It proved to be soarable from almost first launch until the last - 7 hours of good soaring. Surprisingly very few private owners turned up to enjoy the conditions, - there were 4-6 knot thermals with cloudbase towards 4000ft QFE. From the BGA ladder, it proved to be a day when more than 800kms was flown and there were more than 40 flights greater than 300kms. Meanwhile at North Hill, training flights, trial lessons and local soaring kept the 2-seaters busy. There were 51 flights, 10 aerotows. Robert L Astir DKU, Phil M Ash25 711 and Pete S DG100 DG1 all flew for over 3 hours.
Thanks to Andrew and Karl for working on one of the Juniors and getting it serviceable by lunchtime. After flying, Pete H, Dave A and Dave C changed some of the rope on the second drum of the Skylaunch ready for the Open weekend.
