Dartmoor Gliding Society Club News: Dartmoor Gliding News-Saturday 22nd August 2020

The RASP for the day predicted 20-25 its winds from 240 and cloud base to 2400 AMSL. So whilst work was undergoing back at the hangar by some members a small flying team got together.

There's rain in them there hills
Looking east from the launchpoint

K13's DMX and HXP waiting for the shower to clear.

So with anticipation we took the two K13’s to the launch point. On arrival before we could get ready we were caught up with by a heavy shower. We had to let that pass and watched it head for the moors on its easterly journey. Once passed the skies opened up for us but we had a strong south westerly wind to contend with.

Waiting for DMX to go

Training flights commenced with John Allan in DMX with some slip and skid demo’s with Rick and Dave Archer in HXP with me for some secondary effect of the rudder demo’

The showers were never far away

Interesting view

Mike Bennett keeping a good lookout

Once in the air we could see rain showers to our right and to our left leaving a gap to fly through between them. After time the skies improved as Mike Bennett took to the air.

The instructors view from the back seat

A good day for crosswind training flights keeping well south of the airfield on the left hand down wind leg anticipating the drift.

Flying east down wind for a left hand circuit.

Some 20 flights for the day, Mark CFI flying with Phil , Rick and I taking flights with Scratch, Martin B, Malcolm, Mike B and Ged. All taking the opportunity to keep current.

And what of the work at the hangar. Well, Colin, Gavin and Steve moved the SF27 closer to joining the club fleet by completing it's weighing ( aircraft need to be weighed periodically and the Centre of gravity (C of G) calculated). After completing this Colin and Gavin spent their time on the delicate task of refing the canopy fit on Gavin's Standard Cirrus whilst Steve assembled a spare set of K13 wheels with new tyres, inner tubers and bearings.