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| K8 waiting to go on this beautiful sunny winter's day |
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| Phil returns to terra firma in his Astir |
Steve Fletcher
Dartmoor Gliding News-Wednesday 8th November 2017
A beautiful sunny day met the Wednesday regulars. Phil Hardwick and I decided
it was worth rigging and Bob, Robin and Alan decided they would fly the K8.
Some very promising clouds formed but they just seemed too far away. We all had
2 flights each and took our turns in the winch.
The sorcerer and his apprentice
had a break from working their magic in the workshop and came and watched us
struggle to find lift. The best time for most of us was around 10 mins but as
the sun got lower what lift there was disappeared. Well some of us thought it
had, until Allan used his anti gravity device and stayed up for 15 mins!
One
notable event was when we were preparing to launch Robin, just as Bob was saying
all clear above and behind, Robin shouted 'stop stop stop I can't see' and
released the cable. Well he could see but not awfully well as he had his reading
glasses on not his distance glasses! So for those of us who are optically
challenged and that includes me perhaps gcbsiftcbe might be the way to go.
Steve Fletcher
Steve Fletcher
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