Dartmoor Gliding News-Saturday 13th June 2015

After the torrential rains of yesterday, we have been left in a moist, southerly airflow. This created a problem today with a cloudbase around 900 feet and a blustery, southerly crosswind. We had the airfield and aircraft ready waiting for an improvement that just did not happen.

The day wasn’t completely wasted though. K13 G-CHXP was re-assembled after it’s annual maintenance and then reweighed. There is a little bit of work to do to complete the new Total Energy system before the aircraft returns to the fleet.

Phil Hardwick spent his day in the tractor mowing the grass. This went very well until one of the mower heads broke a drive belt. Despite this drawback the mowing was finished. Thanks very much Phil.

The loneliness of the long distance mower.
Phil mows on under a glowering sky.

Eventually, it became obvious that the day was not going to improve, so the gliders were returned to the hangar, the parachutes and launch kit return to the clubhouse, and the west end fence put back up.

Better luck next time

Steve