Dartmoor Gliding News-Wednesday 21st January 2015

The day started cloudy and damp with drizzle in the air. But the forecast suggested at least flyable conditions later in the day. So, we got the equipment out and then waited.

The low cloud starting to roll away

Initially we thought that we would have to wait for the weather but in fact we had to wait longer for the canopies to stop misting up. During this wait we discovered a slightly puzzling phenomenon. The misting inside the canopy was eliminated by the yaw string on the outside of the canopy. Strange!!

The mystery of the yaw string demist 

 Finally we decided that it would be safe to fly and that’s exactly what we did. Everyone who wanted to fly did so either in the K8 or mutual flying with me in the K13. No real soaring even though the wind was blowing onto the north ridge but it was fun trying.

Allan Holland strapping into the K8

While we were having all the fun, Chris Jones and Adrian spent their day sawing up wood to keep us warm for the coming months. Many thanks chaps.

Adrian and Chris cutting wood 

Makes you feel warm just looking at it

Back in the warm clubhouse at the end of the day, the discussion was about cameras and mounts for making gliding videos. This led to club member John Rogers demonstrating his head mounted camera and provided me with another picture for my dodgy headwear photo gallery.

John Rogers modelling the latest in pilot headwear

Good fun with friends.

Steve