Tuesday had been a day of wind and rain. Wednesday started out the same way but there was a forecast gap with some good weather promised. And, just like last Saturday, that is exactly what we got.
The day started with low cloud and drizzle but gradually improved until at 11:00 am conditions looked good enough to make a start. David Jesty, today’s instructor, decided that the K8 would stay at the hangar due to the strengthening and gusty NW wind. This enabled John Bold and I to replace all the instrument tubing to prevent a repeat of last Saturday’s instrument issues caused primarily by the soft silicone type tubing kinking under it’s own weight.
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| K8 waiting for better weather. |
Due to the wind direction all the pilots took at least one flight in the K13 with David to augment their crosswind handling skills, a great use of the conditions. By 3:30 the wind had strengthened sufficiently to call a halt to proceedings but not before David Rippon had demonstrated some spirited soaring in the K13 with a flight of 25 minutes.
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| K13 G-DDMX flown by David Rippon, with David Jesty in the rear seat, soaring in the strong crosswind conditions |
Glider pilots are generally optimists. Today this was demonstrated by the two Astir syndicates who rigged both gliders but missed out on any soaring. Good effort and better luck next time
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| The eternal optimists - good try |
Steve
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