Saturday 2nd March 2013

The day started with an overcast sky and light northeast winds and it was COLD.

Matthew Wiles made the early running with a couple of flights in the K8 before he exiled himself to the winch for the rest of the day to finish his A level assignments in between supplying great launches. Thanks Matt.

Matthew seems well rapped up against the biting cold.

Steve Raine had a practice cable break with instructor Ged before he had his first flights in his new Astir share. He has been very patiently waiting for the weather to improve and today he got his reward.

Steve and his "new" Astir share.

By early afternoon the cloud cover had largely disappeared and suddenly we were soaring in lovely Spring thermals. Pilots were reporting some fairly strong cores to a cloudbase of about 2000 feet above the airfield.

Mike Gadd flew his Open Cirrus and managed 1 hour and 8 minutes before he missed a thermal and had to land only to watch his syndicate partner Ged launch and soar for another 1 hour and 5 minutes. You might think this a nice way to share the aircraft but remember Mike needs a 2 hour flight to complete his cross country endorsement. Better luck next time.

We had a young visitor James from Bodmin who was keen to experience gliding. He had a great time flying with me in the K13 as we soared amongst the other gliders and the buzzards that were enjoying the day as much as we were. Excellent.

James with his dad just before flying

A great spring day.

Steve