Sunday 15th April 2012

The weather and soaring forecasts looked really great . In the event everything was to forecast except for the northerly wind which was a lot stronger than expected.

The club was busy from early on. Obviously, the members had been watching the forecasts. This was going to be a day of achievements.

Early morning rigging

Rick Wiles flew the SF27 for 5 hours for a Silver duration leg. Chris Kaminski (Pirat) Silver height. Phil Hardwick Silver cross country leg to North Hill ( see separate report ). Mike Gadd flew the final 7 flights he needed to complete his Bronze C.

Mike Jardine made a good attempt at his Silver cross country leg which ultimately ended prematurely in a field near Crediton. See Mike’s “How I done it “ post for more details.

Cornish visitor Dave with his Mini Nimbus G-EEER, had a long flight exploring lots of Devon ranging from Torrington to Plymouth to Liskeard.

The beautiful Mini Nimbus from Cornwall

Late afternoon saw Dave Parker going out to retrieve Mike from his field and Sandra going out to collect Phil from North Hill. (Makes a change from me going to collect Trevor).

Meanwhile, Ian Mitchell was in the hangar doing the CofA  / ARC work on G-DBVB ably assisted by Alan Carter who gave up a good flying day to help out. Many thanks Alan.

Steve

A late message from further afield - Barry Greene did his 50km Silver leg flying his ASW20 from Aston Down ( I believe he ended up at Hus Bos.