The wind was strong from the east and the wave was accessible from a winch launch.
Did the DGS pilots make the most of it? I think so.
Roger Green flew his Astir to 11,300 ft above the airfield for his Gold height after an 800ft winch launch. His father Barry flew the same Astir to Silver height.
Roger Green's view over Plymouth and
the Rame Peninsula from 11000 feet
Mike Jardine in the other Astir flew for 5 hours and claimed silver height and duration in the same flight. Well done Mike.
And the other pilots. David Jesty flew his LS8 well in excess of 15,000 ft followed by Trevor Taylor in the Jantar1 who used his initial 10,000 ft to fly 180km a "cats cradle" cross country flight. Trevor also reported his strongest ever climb with 14.8 knots showing on the averager. Thats a vertical speed of over 17 miles an hour
Today's wooden spoon probably belongs to our visiting instructor Steve Westlake who fllew with Steve Clarke, a very experienced pilot, in the K13 and managed to land out (safely) in a local field.
Steve Lewis
5 comments:
Wow! Congratulations Brilliant achievemt for every one who obtained personnal bests or badge claims. A very memorable day indeed!
Great advert for Dartmoor Gliding Society! and its members.
SOMEBODY KILL ME!!!!!
Congrats though!!!
Tell Trevor it's because I helped him rig! I was going to re-join today but with nothing on the ground it all seemed a little pointless! Maybe next week...? Well remember fantastic wave flights, (and associated rotor) never guaranteed but always awesome when it kicked in! Now where's my old logbook?
Well done Roger, Barry and Mike, We all suffered from cold feet: my outside air temp gauge showed -18C at 15,000QNH!
Congratulations all. I am watching enviously from Belgium where the hangar doors of my German Club haven't opened this year yet. At least the snow has gone (well except on Monday in Brussels!)
Regards
Gavin Short
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