The fog lifted and the small crew pulled the 2 seater out of the hangar, and left Chris quietly muttering about how the damp will mess up some of the work he needed to do.
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| Chris muttering into his dust mask |
A combination of a technical fault on the 2 seater and lowering clouds forced us to stop. (Chris came to the rescue and organised a new hook for the K13).
We all adjourned to the clubhouse and talked about the plans for "silver legs" over the coming months, and we then tested out Marta’s new presentation for NOTAMs.
Thanks to all those hardy guys that made the day possible.
Don
And this is how Alan Carter saw the day.
After breakfast we looked through the hole in the wall and it looked to be getting brighter as the fog lifted.
Rather than change ends and make a mess of the field we opted for a slight tailwind and a good stiff crosswind due to increase to about 24knots.
I got rid of all the loose cables in the Rover and the winch, fuelled both and got ready to winch and retrieve, as there were only a few die-hards and all were busy.
Marta was to fly with Don for a couple of trips and went first. The 3rd launch with BVB met with a stop call and I shut the winch because it appeared they had pulled off, the next attempt was the same. The hook spring had failed on BVB, so flying was binned.
So, back to the hangar for a bit of work on DMX, BVB and the Zug and the clubhouse for a couple of lectures from Don. We had a worthwhile discussion about Loggers then Notams. The weather got bad soon after as the fog came back.
BVB will be fixed in time for Wednesday with a new hook.
It's always worth going, you never know what the gliding club has in store for the day.
No soaring, lots of fettling and a good breakfast.
Alan Carter
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