The forecast of high temperatures, light winds and a low RASP star rating probably resulted in a lower turn out than expected. With little prospect of soaring until after lunch aircraft were got ready at a leisurely pace. To enable some flying during the morning a call was made to recently solo pilot John Allen. Although it was his first day back at work after a two week cycling holiday he jumped at the chance to come flying. A quick check flight deemed him fit to add another three solo flights to his total. He even managed a 26 minute soaring flight.
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| John off on another solo. |
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| K13 launching into a blue sky. |
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| Astir FCJ and Cirrus CNN rigged ready to fly. |
Malcolm Wilton Jones took off in the K8 for a flight of 1hour 12 minutes. He was followed by Steve Fletcher in the Open Cirrus for a flight of 1hour 45minutes. Other notable flights were Peter Howarth in the Astir 31 minutes, Gavin Short in the Cirrus 1hour 12 minutes and Martin Broadway 31minutes in the K8.
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| K8 launches. |
Thank you to Scratch for most of the winching and everybody else at the airfield who made the best of a very hot day and some soaring in the blue thermals.
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