An epic day and a long flying
list, there was lift from the first launch at 10:00 by 10:15 we had
three gliders soaring, as usual Mike Fitz and JSt took the first launch
and disappeared for an hour.
As the day progressed the cloudbase reached 3,000 ft with unbroken cloud streets stretching as far as Barnstaple in the strong northwest wind.
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| Chris W under a cloud street (John St) |
Joe S, Nigel, Mark L, flew their own gliders and the K6 HEB was well used all having long soaring flights. The rain did not arrive but showers could be seen in a line along the front of the Blackdowns.
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| Streets and showers (John St) |
Well
done to Peter B for going solo in the DG505 and having a good soaring
flight in it, John Sil and JSt were kept busy all day and had to be
called down on occasion, Eric looked after the visitors, Pete W was
tuggie.
We handed over to
Henry with his Met Office visitors at just after 18:00 after calling
the two K21s down that were still flying. - JSt
