For the first weekend in a while two consecutive days of good weather -
perhaps the weather gods have been listening to the Treasurer's pleas...
With the members present working well as a team the first winch launch of the day was underway before 10:00 and with thermals already evident some gliders were soon staying up whilst, as ever, some were unfortunate to launch 'just at the wrong time'.
As the day progressed the Club gliders were in regular use and a number of private owners flew their gliders .
The
thermals were not always entirely welcoming but for those pilots
patient enough to 'work at it' the rewards of some 'fun flying' was
enjoyed - a good reminder of the challenge of using the elements to stay
aloft with, in a number of cases, gliders being joined in thermals by
buzzards keen to demonstrate their natural flying skills...
No particularly outstanding flights achieved, although Ruth converted to the K6, but by the end of the day a total of 45 winch launches and 6 aerotow launches, between various club gliders and 9 private gliders, had achieved around 22 hours of gliding.
Late afternoon the DG505 was de-rigged by Andrew, Paul, Nick and Graham so that the glider can be used to promote DSGC at Uffculme Show, both in general and particularly the Open Weekend.
With the members present working well as a team the first winch launch of the day was underway before 10:00 and with thermals already evident some gliders were soon staying up whilst, as ever, some were unfortunate to launch 'just at the wrong time'.
As the day progressed the Club gliders were in regular use and a number of private owners flew their gliders .
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| The last tall trees have gone |
No particularly outstanding flights achieved, although Ruth converted to the K6, but by the end of the day a total of 45 winch launches and 6 aerotow launches, between various club gliders and 9 private gliders, had achieved around 22 hours of gliding.
Late afternoon the DG505 was de-rigged by Andrew, Paul, Nick and Graham so that the glider can be used to promote DSGC at Uffculme Show, both in general and particularly the Open Weekend.
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| Derigging |
With the Open Weekend not that far away an opportunity
to remind all members of the need for help with the Open Weekend please
- have you volunteered yourself for the Saturday and/or Sunday by
adding your name to the notice board in the Club House? - Mike Sl
