After several days of rain the airfield was fairly soft. But the weather flyable with a 10 knot westerly wind.
While the members got everything ready to go Bob and Phil sourced a trailer load of fence posts and proceeded to repair the west end fence which had been trampled by the cattle who had a great desire to get onto the airfield. Thanks chaps.
There was the usual mix of training, check flights and air experience flights. It was only a little soarable despite the appearance of 4 private gliders.
The highlight of the day was a flight by Don and David Jesty in the K13 who flew downwind across the valley to Cox Tor with the intension of broadening our understanding of the local ridge soaring possibilities. After a hour or so I was just beginning to think that they must have landed out when they reappeared over the airfield with tales of ridge lift, energy lines and fields mostly full of sheep. What will the next flight in this project be? I wonder.
At the other end of the airfield Andrew was signed off as a winch driver and Sandra began her winch training.
Steve
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