The day started with blue sky and a moderate breeze mostly from the north. The thermal activity started early and offered plenty of soaring. Pilots were reporting cloudbase at 4200 feet above the airfield.
Alan Ballard made good use of the conditions with a flight of just over 2 hours which will count towards his cross country endorsement. Andrew Beaumont added a flight of 40+ minutes to record his first bronge leg.
Phil Hardwick and Trevor Taylor made an cross country flight of 78 kms with an out and return flight to Eaglescott in the Twin Astir.
Barry Green made an "out and return" attempt to North Hill in his Astir CS. However, after getting to the Exe valley a sudden change in the conditions cut off the thermals and any possibilty of a return to Brentor. A field landing was inevitable. Barry made a good field selection, a good circuit and approach, and as for the landing, a slightly sheepish Barry said "if I had remembered to lower the undercarraige it would have been a cracker!". Even so, there was no damage and the retrieve crew had him back to the airfield by 6pm, just in time to head off to the pub.
Rain eventually stopped play.
Steve
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