After the recent unsettled weather, a RASP forecast promising up to 4 stars and a light south westerly wind led to a lot of activity rigging gliders in the trailer area.
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| Some of the aircraft being rigged. |
Two K13’s and eight private aircraft were towed to the east end launch point. First to fly with me was Simon Vallance. Three flights including a 12 minute extended circuit saw him honing his approach control and landings. Two more flights in the afternoon included a 29 minute soaring flight to 2500ft. My second trainee was John Smith. Three flights including a 29 minute soaring flight and a launch failure practice saw John progressing towards re-soloing.
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| Discus soaring well below the K13. |
Richard Roberts was kept busy today with three visitors. First to arrive was Robert Leigh.
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| Robert ready for his flights with Richard. |
Shortly after Freddie Cotton arrive for his flights. After being shown around the K13 by Mike Bennett, Richard briefed Freddie and they were soon away for two flights including a 20 minute soaring flight.
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| Freddie and Richard waiting for cables. |
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| Freddie enjoying the view on his soaring flight. |
The final visitor was Adrian Noyes. Having watched gliders as a boy on the South Downs, he was finally going to enjoy hi lifelong ambition to fly in a glider.
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| Adrian looking forward to his flights. |
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| K13 takes off again. |
Whilst the club flying was progressing the private owners took turns to take to the skies. Phil Hardwick was first in Astir FCJ for a flight of 1 hour 31 minutes. Mike Bennett (K6 FUB), Alan Carter (SF27 FWH) and Martin Broadway (Libelle JEU) all had short flights whilst conditions were not as good. As the afternoon progressed the conditions improved. Gavin Short manage a flight of 38 minutes in Cirrus CNN. Steve Fletcher (Open Cirrus CGY) 1 hour 6 minutes. Andy Davey (Libelle JEU) 1 hour 28 minutes and Richard Roberts (Discus V5) 1 hour 25. During his flight, Richard visited Burrato Reservoir and the River Tamar.
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| Burrator Reservoir |
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| River Tamar. |
Flight of the day was claimed by Roger Green. A flight of 2 hour 28 minutes in his ASW20 FRW.
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| Plymouth West and Tamar bridges. |
With so many private owners flying today we managed to keep thing moving at a steady pace thanks to those on the ground retrieving aircraft and launching gliders particularly Steve Lewis who didn’t fly. All had a good day flying and left happy.
Peter Howarth
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