The weather looked a lot better today. The wind, although strong and somewhat gusty from the NW, was at least mostly down the runway. The clear blue sky was very quickly showing the cu marking the thermals predicted by today’s RASP forecast.
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| A better looking day. |
Instructor Don Puttock was busy from one end of the day to the other as pilots took advantage of his presence to further their gliding ambitions / get or remain in practice etc. etc.
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| Don in the the front seat with Colin Boyd flying from the rear seat |
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| David Rippon ready to commit aviation |
Right from the off there was a duel for the longest flight of the day. First shot was fired by Chris Jones with 37 minutes. Adrian Irwin replied with 38 minutes and for a short while he looked confident, but into the OK launchpoint ( corral ) sauntered Sheriff Wyatt ( Allan ) Holland who mounted his trusty steed, Zugvogel, and disappeared for 1 hour and 3 minutes, returning because he wanted to, not because he had to.
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| Adrian after giving it his best shot |
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| Sheriff Wyatt Holland about to show them whose boss. |
Elsewhere, a trailer load of dead batteries and scrap metal earned the club £100 or so and the repairs to the K8 were completed.
A busy day.
Steve
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