The forecast for today looked interesting. RASP was predicting a good day. Winds would be light and westerly. Checking out the atmospheric soundings the day would be blue until mid to late afternoon when thermals would then be marked by some cloud. The potential cloudbase could be quite high.
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| The vivid blue sky looks calm but was full of thermal activity |
The first flight was around midday into a strikingly vivid, blue sky and it was immediately apparent that there were thermals to be played with. Low down the thermals were like individual bubbles and required some concentration to initiate the climb but by the time 1500 feet was reached the thermals were much more organised and giving good climb rates. Great fun.
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| Looking south down the Tamar Valley |
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| Gunnislake nestling into the countryside. |
The afternoon was filled with pilots soaring. The longest flights were Mike Gadd Open Cirrus - 2 hours 19minutes, Phil Hardwick Twin Astir - 2 hours 10 minutes and Roger Green
ASW20 -1 hour 34 minutes.
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| Kit Hill |
We were short on numbers today but everyone had a soaring flight. We only completed 11 flights but the total flight time was 9 hours giving a 50 minute average flight time.
So for all those club members who stayed away, where were you? You missed a great day.
Steve
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