Another cold day greeted the Wednesday regulars. The cold NNE wind was above the Puchacz crosswind limit so it stayed off line. The field was all set up by 8.30 and the gliders out and DIs carried out before 9. Following the usual cup of tea and briefing in the club hut we proceeded to the west launch point.
Mike Jardine and myself took the first cable to check on the weather with Mike flying and me admiring the view from the front seat for a change. Lenticulars to the south and a long way to the North suggested wave activity but not over the airfield. The forecasts did not predict wave within reach and that's how it turned out. What we did get was some rota from about 200 feet up on the launch for most of the flight with a lot of control input required during the approach. It was clear that conditions weren’t suitable for a trial flight so we informed our visitor who will book another day. Mike and I swapped seats and I flew Mike, conditions were lively but within limits of the K13 and Astir.
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| The fleet at the launch point. |
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Anthony Bailey, from Devon and Somerset gliding club
visited us and flew a couple of flights with Mike. |
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| Phil, wishful thinking whilst looking at wave to the south! |
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| Hugh's view of the launch point looking for wave. |
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| And to the north. |
We had 18 launches before the cloud descended to 900 feet and we called it a day. Everyone flew but times were limited by the conditions to between 4 to 6 mins except for one flight of 8 minutes by Mike Bennett and Mike Jardine where they managed to find some zero sink for a while, well done Mike Bennett.
Another winter day and we managed to all fly so everyone happy.
Steve Fletcher
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