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| Airfield from the west end: just add a healthy dollop of gliders. |
Today’s conundrum was ‘How can wave form from a north-westerly wind ’ Given
that there are no wave triggers to the north-west of the airfield, it’s a
question that remains unanswered, however the experience of pilots today
certainly seemed to point towards wave or rotor at times either suppressing or
enhancing thermic activity. As with yesterday’s experience, the greatest benefit
was the siting of the winch in the top field, giving 1,500ft launches for the
K-8, and at least 6 minutes guaranteed for every K-13 launch (well, all except
some…).
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| The Byrne family: Naomi and Nick, after flying. |
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Reuben Hutchinson, from Mary Tavy,
receives his flying certificate from Martin Cropper |
Our visitors were father and daughter team Nick and Naomi Byrne, Mary Tavy
student Reuben Hutchinson, who hopefully obtained some good photo-recce shots of
his home and locality, farmer David Colwill, from Holsworthy and Caroline Yorke,
who might just have been converted from the ‘delights’ of powered flying. Martin
Broadway also continued towards re-soloing, achieving flight of the day at 32
minutes in strong mid-afternoon thermals.
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| Farmer Dave Colwill, from Holsworthy, is ready to fly. |
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| Visitor Caroline Yorke being briefed by Martin Cropper. |
Leith Whittington ‘boldly went’ for some ridge soaring in the club K-8
(achieving a creditable 13 minutes in doing so) and Roger Appleboom managed two
extended local soaring flights to 2,000ft plus. With the wind strength
freshening in the afternoon, we 'allowed' Allan Holland to obtain 17 minutes in
the K-8 before calling ‘time’ on flying.
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| Ed Borlase’s view of the K-8 soaring beneath an interesting cloud mix. |
Thanks go to those who winched and retrieved, in particular to Phil Hardwick
who did so without flying (early doors) and to everyone for putting up with
putting up the fence at the end of the day.
Martin Cropper
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