Dartmoor Gliding News - Saturday 7th November 2024

 Storm Darragh is with us today this is giving very strong winds but thankfully no rain. Cloud bases are low, So another non flying day.

How windy was it?
Using Zack as an inclinometer

It was decided that there would be a break in the lectures this week and the simulator was set up for am bit of competitive fun; a timed race Brentor - Roadford - Lydford - Brentor start height 2000ft. Although Junior trainee Zack was offered a handicap  3000ft start he shunned this and started at 2000ft and managed to win the day with a race time around 21 minutes. I will save the blushes of the other competitors by leaving them unnamed. - but you know who you are.

Plenty of work going on around the site, Rick was repairing the MT hangar door catches, Scratch was removing all the brushes from the generator ready for replacement ( if we can track down some spare parts). In the car park there was a small but beautifully formed team replacing the fences. 

Fencing in the car park

Our lean, mean staple hammering machine

Steve