Arriving at the airfield today at 8:30 I was pleased to see I was not the first. The hanger was open, vehicles out, and a couple of private gliders were being rigged.
There was an excitement in the air that you could almost taste caused ,no doubt, by the forecast easterly winds with the pressure high enough to discourage the thermal formations that can breakup wave patterns at this time of the year.
Time for a little equipment TLC while the airfield was rolled ( thanks Bob ) and everything prepared for what promised to be a busy day.
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| The K8 heads into the blue. |
Did the day deliver? Oh yes! The wave was evident throughout the day. Always weak, sometimes very difficult, but ,for the careful, accurate, pilot it remained usable for most of the day. Junior pilot Simon Thornton was so pleased that he was going to have the longest flight of the day only to discover that he was beaten by 3 minutes by Andrew Beaumont who recorded a flight of 1 hour 37 minutes. Best reported height was only 3200 feet but everyone had fun.
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| A rueful Simon after discovering the Andrew had claimed the longest flight of the day by 3 imutes |
We hosted 2 one day courses today. Both Nigel and Christian went home with smiles on their faces having had lots of soaring in the wave with plenty of opportunity to start learning to fly the aircraft.
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| One Day Course Students Nigel and Christian with me at the end of the day |
A fun day.
Steve
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