A hazy day with thin high cloud and very poor visibility, no doubt made worse by the moist sea air carried in by the south south east wind.
Today the flying programme started late due to a distinct lack of members with the correct skills to change winches and change ends to match the slight easterly airflow. A training opportunity if I ever saw one – mass tractor driving lessons next week?
There was some soaring opportunities throughout the day as demonstrated by our Wednesday Instructor Bob Pirie who flew his ASW20F for more than 2 hours before returning to the airfield for his syndicate partner to have a go.
Somehow or another Bob also managed to be in the right place at the right time to provide the following pictures which sum up the best of the day’s action.
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| Glider pilots in the making? Eleven-year-olds Andrew Swann from Plymouth and Joe Hilton from Tavistock had their first glider flights at Brentor today. Andrew's grandad, Mike Swann, was a proud onlooker, while Joe's dad, David, also took to the skies. |
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| K6 owners, Colin Boyd (centre) and Robin Wilson (right), welcomed Darren Wills to their syndicate today. |
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| Sean Parramore (left) receives a type-conversion briefing for the Pirat from instructor Martin Smith |
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| A welcome visitor (with newly-acquired biker's beard) was Roger Green (left) who now flies at Aston Down with his father, Barry and their 'team manager',Heather. CFI Don appears to be in deep thought (maybe contemplating what leather trousers might do for his own image! ) |
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| At the end of a long, hot day's winching, as well as retrieving and repairing cables, Will Wilson managed to grab a few launches in the K8, by which time, sadly, the elusive lift we had been experiencing for most of the day had disappeared. |
Steve
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