Saturday was a day of three seasons, three card colours - from benign
white, through a blowier red, to howling yellow. -
That meant lift, most
of the day, sometimes in the oddest places.
Most of the morning flights were 20
minutes or so per launch from an aerotow, which, given the state of the
field seemed the only option. By lunchtime the drying sunshine and wind had made
winch launching possible, and the launch rate went up. There were thermals to be had in an almost
spring-like sky. Eric was top of the league
table with a flight of 50 minutes.
Congratulations to Matthew W who successfully passed his Bronze flying skills test with CFI Pete.
The wind increased, and put the small but perfectly-formed instructor team under pressure to do checks, aerotow training and so on.
The wind increased, and put the small but perfectly-formed instructor team under pressure to do checks, aerotow training and so on.
Motorglider VG
took to the skies early on, after downtime of 12 months, and was airborne several times until
dusk with syndicate members being checked out.
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| Some of the syndicate celebrating VG taking to the skies again |
Having started the day with no single seaters available, Pete St completed an epic O/R to collect KHA from Sussex,
- returned rigged and flew Junior KHA soon after lunch.......
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| Pete takes a winch launch in KHA for an airtest |
....... leaving Andrew L
to cap his day with a longish flight and a cheesy grin.
Lots of flying,
learning and fun for the hardy souls who stayed all day. Cold though! - Jonathan
