What do you do when you can’t sleep? Set up the airfield ready to fly. This must have been the case for Richard and Phil. I arrived at 8:15 with the winch set up and the cables being towed out. With the forecast giving a moderate south-easterly and possibly increasing through the afternoon the K13 was DI’d and towed to the launch point. With just enough people to enable flying to commence, the first launch occurred at an impressive 09:16. A weather check flight by me found the conditions were OK to continue flying with a little care.
Next to fly the K13 was Richard, who was followed by Phil, who wanted to practice some BI patter with me in the front seat.
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| Richard getting ready to fly |
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| Phil and me ready to launch. |
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| And back again |
Ray Boundy was also back after a couple of weeks to enjoy two flights searching for the earlier weak lift which eluded him.
After a few weeks away Freddie Colton was back to resume his training. With the approaches quite bumpy, he made use of his flights to improve his general flying skills.
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| Ray’s view of the airfield. |
During the afternoon some wave bars were viewed in the distance over the moors, but no sign of wave establishing itself near the airfield.
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| Richard and Steve discussing the distant wave. |
Last trainee for the day was another returning member. Mo Khouribich was back to resume his training after his absence due to University exams and weather. General flying and visiting slip and skid were the order of the day.
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| Mo keen to get going. |
With the early start, a couple of members needing to leave early and everybody having flown we packed the hangar ready to head home. Thank you to all at the airfield today that enabled us to fly and leave happy.
Peter Howarth
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