Saturday 20th October 2012

With the light wind just east of south it was a quick change ends and on with the show.

The warm autumn sunshine initially seemed to promise some quiet circuit flying but by 12 o’clock there were some likely looking clouds and suddenly everyone was soaring under impressive cloud streets. The 2000ft cloudbase and gin clear air made the coast to coast view absolutely stunning. Later in the afternoon, the views across Whitsand Bay with the low sun shining golden off the sea was enough the make even me wax lyrical. ( It’s a pity that I didn’t have a camera in the glider ).

Andrew Beaumont prepares the K8 for some afternoon soaring.   

Meanwhile, in the clubhouse the new committee held their first meeting which seemed to go on for most of the afternoon. In the hanger, Rick Wiles assisted our visiting diesel fitter to complete the work on the Gus launch winch engine which was running again by the end of the day.

The cloud streets still looked this good at 5pm. 

With the sun sinking in the west, and after supervising the packing of the hanger, the instructors made a quick exit to Tavistock for the Instructors Meeting and a fish and chip supper kindly supplied by CFI Don.

Steve