The low grey sky that has marked the previous weeks continues. Wind today should remain light from the NW strengthening a liitle late afternoon when rain is forecast to arrive. Not a great soaring day but ok for training once the first flight had confirmed that the cloudbase was a workable 1200 ft above the airfield.
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Today's low cloudbase.
The light N breeze was caused by a passing shower. it was mostly NW |
We welcomed 2 One Day Courses. Samantha Westlake and returning glider pilot ( from 1970 ) Richard Wells. The Courses continued well but in the afternoon the rain that we had been watching all day finally arrived and delayed the flying programme. The rain moved away but left behind low clouds (700 ft) which delayed things further. This also moved away but by now the evening was almost upon us and canopy misting prevented any further flying. Both visitors were happy with their days and left having completed 5 out of their 6 flights each promising to return another day to finish off and maybe start pilot training.
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| Sam waiting for her first launch |
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| Richard has done this all before ( 50 years ago) |
Mike Jardine was kept fairly busy in HXP with club training. Mike's somewhat eclectic mix of students included a returning solo pilot, a new(ish) trainee, a trainee at the latter end of his course and a prospective bronze C pilot preparing for his Bronze flight test. Well done Mike.
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| CCY launches into a grey sky with Richard in the front seat and me in the rear |
Today saw K8 G-CGDK return to active service after a bit of TLC to the elevator. The K8 was joined by the SF27 ( complete with new tyre and tube on the mainwheel ) and the solo pilots used both to maintain recency.
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| The SF27 waiting under a rainbow |
The weather finally put paid to flying about an hour early but most of the flying had been done by then. Today also saw the return of Heather to the airfield. Welcome back and do not work too hard.
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