Driving to the airfield, cars coming the other way were covered in snow and
from Roborough Down the Tors of Dartmoor could also be seen covered in snow. So
what would the airfield be like and would it be flyable.
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| The Tors of Dartmoor covered in snow |
Arriving at the airfield the vehicles and field were covered in a light
dusting of snow.
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| Vehicles in dusting of snow |
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| The airfield in the snow. |
As a small group of dedicated Wednesday soarers slowly arrived it was decided
to get things ready and try to do as much flying before the forecast rain
arrived. This took a little longer as we had to swap ends after Sunday’s
easterly winds.
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| K13 waiting to fly |
By the time things were ready it was obvious that the rain would arrive
sooner rather than later. It was decided to give returning member George Beale a
quick flight after his two recent trial flights. As it happened we had a cable
break at 250ft, so a demonstration of a land ahead launch failure ensued. An
experience to put in the logbook ready for future reference. We look forward to
seeing George again in the coming weeks.
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| George getting ready to fly. |
After all was packed away, Phil Hardwick and Alan Holland decided to prepare
the Gus winch as a back up to ML2. Water and antifreeze were added, but the
winch wouldn’t start due to flat batteries. These were removed and given a quick
charge whilst we had lunch. After lunch the batteries were replaced and the Gus
winch reluctantly fired into life. The winch was left running for a while and we
should now have a back up once Rick confirms all is OK.
Thank you to Malcolm Wilton-Jones, Hugh Gasgoyne, John Smith, Robin Wilson
and Ed Borlase who also turned up, but were unable to fly. Your efforts are
appreciated.
Peter Howarth
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