Dartmoor Gliding News – Saturday 21st September 2013

So here’s a fog warning ----- Lookout fog ----------.

Forecast winds light SW, day starting with mist but clearing. Actual winds light SW, day started with FOG, cleared for about an hour and then more FOG.

It was a quiet day on the airfield. The instructors outnumbered the pilots; there was 6 of us including Mike Jardine who is a BI in training. We made a dash for the launchpoint as soon as the fog started to lift. By the time we got going there was time for two practice cable breaks by the Mikes Sloggett and Jardine and then the fog descended again leaving us to walk the gliders back to the hangar.

Gliders in the mist ( Could be a good film title?)

Other work around the airfield today included Ged and Steve Raine fixing the small tractor and mower; Steve then mowed a large part of the airfield. In the hangar, the K7M G-CDAK, had it’s trimmer system checked and adjusted. In the clubhouse, Don was busy working on the new EASA licencing and how it will integrate into our training systems.

Steve