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RASP for 2pm suggesting Thermal Updraft of 400 feet per minute.
( the sink rate of the sailplane has to be deducted ).
So thermals about 2knots or so. |
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| The RASP Star rating shows a hopelessly optimistic 3-5 stars |
A warm sunny day and a good RASP forecast brought out several members today even though this was designated as a no training day. The grid consistent of the club K8 and Mike Jardine's Astir CS and Mike Gadd's Open Cirrus.
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| The sky at 2pm actually looked like this. Not very inspiring |
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| Colin Boyd ready for the off in the K8. |
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| Today's grid. K8, Astir and Open Cirrus bringing up the rear. |
Unfortunately, the soaring did not live up to the 3 Star rating given by RASP. The average flight time was around 20 minutes with most of the attending members managing some very local soaring. Best flight of the day was 46 minutes by Allan Holland in the K8.
A nice club day among friends.
Steve
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