The day started with a warm breeze and blue sky. Cumulus started popping very early indicating the presence of thermals. Inevitably this lead to the system overdeveloping – too much cloud cut off the sun and stopped the thermals until the cloud cleared and the sun warmed the ground again.
To complicate the situation further the sea air arrived a 3pm which cooled the whole system and cut off further thermal development.
So what did the pilots make of all this?
The Jantar 1 and the Twin Astir managed flights just short of 2 hours. Several others managed flights of 1 hour.
Andrew Beaumont managed 40 minutes which is his second bronze leg. David Rippon was working on the final parts of his bronze flight tests. Philip Hardwick converted to the Zugvogel .
Dev, our summer visitor from the Long Mynd, made his annual appearance and enjoyed soaring in the K8.
We also welcomed a new junior member, James Yarde, who has already flown solo with the ATC and seemed to enjoy the freedom to explore thermals that sport gliding offers.
All of this activity was supervised in great style by Bob – Thanks Bob
Steve
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