Wind 8 knots from the west with an initially blue sky. The early rapid build up of cumulus cloud and reports of showers in various locations from arriving members confirmed the impression of how unstable this airmass was going to be.
There was a flurry of activity from the ever optimistic pilots while gliders were rigged to produce an impressive looking grid. Apart from the club K13 and K7m, there was Astir JSK, Astir FCJ, Open Cirrus CGY, Jantar1 DFL, the beautifully restored K6 FUB and the Martin’s ASW20 (callsign unknown - see note ref my memory later).
The conditions varied throughout the day as the cloud overdeveloped and then recycled. Early flights were disappointing but gradually soaring became possible. This was demonstrated by Robin flying his K6 who was the first to soar; this is becoming a habit – well done. The conditions were never easy but the all the more experienced pilots soared with flights to about an hour and heights to 3100ft QFE (above airfield height).
Apart from the solo activity the 2 seaters were busy as usual with a mix of training and air experience flying. Thanks to Don and David for there efforts
We also welcomed 2 new members today both experienced pilots, one is an ex military helicopter and experienced glider pilot and the other is an Airbus pilot,power instructor with tons of flying experience in all sorts of aircraft. We look forward to sharing the joys of soaring and glider flying with them. I must apologise for the lack of names, my memory is not as reliable as I thought. Perhaps I should learn the write these things down; if I remember!!
The other news today was that the airfield was operated in a new layout with the winch well up into the field at the west end ( thanks to some recent negotiations with the farmer) and the launch point moved up to the stub runway to provide a landing area behind the launch. This will ( and did ) make it easier to maintain a higher launch rate. As the overall winch run will be longer, higher launches will be the order of the day.
Steve
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