A very pleasant, warm day with a light NW breeze. There were large areas of overdevelopment which limited the soaring a little. Viewing this differently these conditions provided some challenges ( and fun ) for the soaring pilots.
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| Winch drivers view today |
The launchpoint was busy with 4 club aircraft and the Dart 17R, K8 and the Twin Astir from the private fleet with Roger Green’s ASW20 rigged and waiting by it’s trailer. First launch was a little later than usual but once we got going the launch rate was good with a total of 40 flights being flown by the end of the day.
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| Looking down at the launch queue from the ciruit |
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| Leith relaxing in his Dart 17R just before his launch |
Our 2 newest members, Robert Manuel and Paul Lowther, both enjoyed some soaring with me in K13 G-CHXP while working on control coordination. They both made good progress.
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| Trainee pilot Paul Lowther |
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| Trainee pilot Robert Manuel |
We welcomed several visitors today. Mark Hilpern, Haydon Lofting, Rubina Saha, Savitha Krishnan and Arun Rajaglopal were flown by IFP’s Rick Wiles and Roger Green. Judging by the smiles, everyone enjoyed their visits.
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| Visitor Mark Hilpern in K13 G-DDMX with Rick |
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| Visitor Rubina Saha |
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| Savitha Krishnan flew with Roger Green |
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| Arun Rajaglopal flew with Rick in G13 CHXP |
Also flying with us today was Stefi Guiu who has been missing for a while due to her exam and study commitments at the university. This was a fleeting visit as she is going home to Romania next week for the summer. She is looking forward to flying throughout the summer in her new glider, a Speed Astir 2. She has promised some pictures and a blog post to let us know how she gets on.
A good day.
Steve
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