We arrived at the club, sort of late because we had been shopping for bubbly, to find Gareth and Tracey busy kicking Leith, Steve, Vic and Richard into shape in order to make the most of what promised to be a good flying day but nobody can drive the winch.. I'll get the SF out ... whoops, looks like I'm the winch driver. Oh well, grumpy as usual, resigning myself to my fate, got the winch ready and two gliders were towed to the far end.
After a dozen or so launches the cross wind strengthened as forecast and our new friends from Lasham continued experiencing the joys of flying in the good old, ever-increasing, Brentor crosswind, our airfield's only got one runway. However, they did make good use of the stub which provided decent into wind
approaches and allowed the glider to land away from those waiting for a launch.
We had another visitor, Jim, who just wanted to see what goes on and found himself strapped into a waiting glider quite a few £s lighter but committed to 3 month's membership. Martin Broadway arrived and later, kindly rescued me from the winch so I could fly a K13, matching Vic's soaring flight of 9 minutes but because he had a passenger and that made it harder, he should take the credit for longest flight. If I'd had the SF rigged I would have got 1/2 hour...ish.
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We actually had a great day ending with a presentation to Gareth and Tracey Bird for their really kind help this last week which went some small way to show our appreciation. Come back soon, please.
Alan
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