"You should have been here today"
A fairly quiet day at the Club,
with a small but keen group of members getting the K21s, DG 505 and a
Junior out of the hanger by 9:00am and flying underway from the North East
side of the field at around 9.30.
The strong south westerly wind on the ground turned into northwesterly streets,
and as forecast, provided good height launches (thank you to Eric who
winched all morning and Mike W and Roly most of the afternoon.)
By late
morning the thermals had started to develop just off the Westerly end of
the field and with the temperature steadily increasing in the nice
sunny weather soon several gliders were enjoying the opportunity to stay
up in thermal lift, in mid October!
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| Lovely October sky |
A short stop for lunch to
let everyone 'refuel' for food and drink and then it was an afternoon of
more 'fun in the sun' with club gliders only coming down from the thermals and ridge lift to allow others to fly.
Best flight of the day was Simon in ASW20 (SM) of just over 3 hours climbing in wave up to 4000ft over the motorway.
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| Pete welcomes James and Will to the Club |
After the recent run of poor weather cancelling many Trial lessons, it was good to complete the three that were booked today. - Mike Sl
Meanwhile, SF27 takes a trip to Mendip to fly the ridge at Cheddar gorge, Matthew
flew out to Burnham on Sea before towing up to Denbigh. - MW
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| Matthew flies over Cheddar Gorge |
