Blue sky, warm, wind 8 knots NNE. A tee shirt and shorts sort of day.
Everyone was on parade good and early today. Ends changed. Club gliders out. Private gliders, rigged ( and polished? ). And then wait for the tremendous soaring day that this must be!
Meanwhile, instructor Bob Pirie welcomed and set about integrating our young visitors from Culdrose into the club operation. Instructor Ged Nevisky, freshly returned from his summer holidays, delivered a one day course and I did 3 Air Ex flights.
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| Our Culdrose visitors injected some youth into the Wednesday crowd |
The soaring never really got going. There were a few low, scratching efforts but nothing to write home about. But everyone flew well and coped with the “lively” approach with some style.
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| Today's launch queue |
The club members showed great restraint and patience to overcome the seeming endless winch/cable issues and the even longer launch queue. While all this was going on John Bolt assisted by Dave Bourchier investigated the main wheel issues with DMX and discovered a huge stone jammed in the wheel box and a failed bearing.
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| Darren demonstrating the art of waiting alongside the immaculately restored K6 FUB |
So. Our pleas for an improvement in the weather has been answered. Our new plea is for some good soaring conditions.
Steve
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