The forecast was a little uncertain. Early sunny, blue sky conditions were going to give way to cloudy conditions with possible rain as yet another weak front sweeps in.
The DGS pilots seemed to know better. The enthusiasm seemed endless with lots of private gliders out. Alongside the club K13 and Zugvogel, there were 2 Astirs, an Astir2 ( more about this one later ), an ASW20, an Open Cirrus, a K8, and a K6. Phew that is a lot of rigging and a not inconsiderable grid.
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| The Grid today looked big enough from back here |
The most notable aircraft was the Astir 2 G-CLLT. This aircraft belongs to a new syndicate and flew for the first time at Brentor today and gave a good account of itself in the variable conditions.
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Adrian Irwin in the Astir2 which made is DGS debut today.
The rear hinged canopy is novel. |
Flying was definitely a bit patchy with some good conditions followed by periods of poor soaring which gave way to some more good soaring etc. The frontal system was easy to see to the SW coming ever closer but it never caused us any trouble. Best flight of the day was by Ged Nevisky in the Open Cirrus with 53 minutes.
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| Club member David Downton delayed his flight with Ged to Answer the phone!! |
We welcomed visitor Raymond Leathers who was taking advantage of our new 2 flight voucher to try out glider as a means of getting airborne. Ray is an ex power pilot. He seemed to enjoy his flights and was discussing returning for some more flying soon.
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| IFP Fred Marks (left) presents Ray leathers with his Certificate and membership card |
While everyone was having fun, Phil Hardwick spent today repairing the 3rd gang of the mower. By the end of the day Phil could be seen roaring up the runway in the small tractor with the whole mower working behind him. Many thanks Phil.
Steve
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