The forecast was ok for today. Wind from the west ( straight down the runway ) about 6 knots. No rain. A lot of cloud early on clearing to a classic thermal sky by mid afternoon, RASP forecast showing 3 stars. Perhaps due to the epic flying enjoyed by the members on Wednesday the airfield was a little quiet.
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The early sky was uninspiring but it was going to get better |
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K13s waiting to go |
There were 3 trainees for Rick to take care of today, Viktor, Jamie and Val. All are making good progress and today each of them flew their own launches and landings.
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Rick and his trainees |
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Jamie is well supported by his family |
We were pleased to see that Erica Sherratt has returned after her first visit during the Women's Gliding Event to explore learning to fly. Erica enjoyed a 43 minute soaring flight with me during which she explored the controls, Excellent. start.
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Erica sharing a joke about strapping in |
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Erica flying at a little over 2000ft QFE |
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And the view to the south |
We hosted 2 One Day Courses this week. Alex Myhill flew with Scratch and 90 year young Grahame White flew with me. Grahame flew gliders ( T21 and swallow ) in the 1970's from Lee on Solent but had never really experienced thermal soaring. After re-aquainting himself with the controls in his morning flights, we put this right with a glorious romp around the afternoon sky at the 3000ft cloudbase exploring thermals and running along the cloud streets. Great fun.
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Alex and Scratch waiting to launch |
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Grahame and his wife with me presenting his Certificate |
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Grahame was well supported by his family |
As the day started to improve Phil Hardwick brought his DG300 down to the launch point and promptly disappeared for a day topping 2hour flight.
A surprisingly good day.
Steve
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