The fine weather continues.A hot day with some cumulus early on. The main feature of the day was a large convergence sitting just to the north east of the airfield.
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| Mike Jardine took this picture of a glider climbing in his thermal |
To achieve long soaring flights, pilots needed to catch a local thermal, most of which were narrow and difficult, allowing a glide to the convergence to the north east. A couple of pilots managed this; most notably Mike Jardine in his Astir and Robin Wilson in his K6 who both managed well over 2 1/2 hours. Most pilots managed reasonable soaring flights although some would be better described as a low grovel.
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Now in the convergence and overhead South Brentor Mike took this picture of 2 gliders
many thousands of feet below Can you see them? |
The training burden today was fielded by instructor Ged Nevisky who stepped in at the last moment to cover for the rostered instructor who couldn’t make it today. Will Wilson flew with Ged continuing his training towards re-solo after a significant lay off. Returning today was temporary member Tom Mitchell who had his trial flights with us last Wednesday. Tom began his flying training today, a process that he enjoyed very much.
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| Tom Mitchell with Ged in K13 G-DDMX |
Notable visitor today was Oliver Considine, an Airbus pilot, who flew with me in K7m G-DCLT. We spent a very enjoyable flight frolicking in the buoyant thermals while Oliver explored the handling difference between the glider and his Airbus.
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| Airline pilots Oliver waiting to experience gliding for the forst time |
So, 29 flights for a total of 10 hours and 48 minutes including the training flights. A good day.
Steve
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