Compassion was the name of the game today. With the field having been drenched overnight, and Saturday’s crew having done a good job of washing the glider’s down before putting them away, it seemed compassionate all round to leave the field - and gliders - to rest today.
And when the showers came in astern of last night’s cold front they were vicious – so it was probably compassionate to the pilots as well not to fly.
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| The rainbows say it all: There was lots of – rain |
That’s not to say it was all feet up around the wood burner with gallons of coffee and tales of "derring do".Oh no: today Darren Wills sat his Bronze C exam and passed with flying colours, thus completing his Bronze overall, whilst Roger Appleboom also took the exam and also passed. So Darren is yet another member firmly in need of their XCE whilst Roger is a step closer – sounds like Don’s cross country tutorial next Saturday should be well attended.
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| Roger Appleboom is pleased as punch on being told he’d passed his Bronze exam |
Meanwhile Sam Deeks was finding out how to get the simulator to spin (and recover) whilst Dave Bourchier went into thermal generation mode with the incinerator.
So whilst the field was resting (well, getting lashed by hailstones) there was quite a lot going on, actually.
Martin Cropper
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