Encouraged by a superb sky with strong thermals to a 3,500'+ cloudbase, I arrived indecently late hoping to rig and do some solo flying, but was amazed that no private owners had rigged and that CFI Don, Martins Broadway and Cropper and Allan Ballard were the only club members present and were flat out looking after trial lessons and flying enthusiastic returning temporary members. So thin were we on the ground that the Zug and K8 never even emerged from the hangar - on one of the best soaring days we've seen for a long time.
I test-flew the newly-improved K6, but finding both varios u/s, flopped back to earth. Then, after some fiddling, Martin Broadway had a go, achieving 1hr 10 mins; returning eventually to report that our fiddling had been unsuccessful! With BVB sitting unwanted at the launch point, I went off on my own for a most enjoyable 1hr 40 mins touring the local area.
With one eye on the deteriorating weather from the west, around 1600 hrs Don headed off towards Shennington in the Motorfalke in order to rendezvous with the rest of the DGS crew who are there for the week. Meanwhile back at base the day ended with three of us spending far too much time indulging in some less than competent but ultimately successful attempts at hangar packing.
Bob Pirie
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