We had a great day today after a slow (but expected) start. We had a glimmer of blue sky at 9am and the sky quickly cleared to clear blue with a few cumulus dotted about. It stayed like this for the rest of the day with no showers.

We started flying at around 11am. with a brisk S.W. breeze giving us launches to around 1800 – 1900ft. It was thermic from the start although difficult to centre in because of the wind. We kept both of the 2 seaters very busy all day with the K18 doing duty as the single seater.

Considering the strength of the wind we had some very good flights in challenging conditions with the wind gusting up to about 25kts. One flight of particular note was by new member Daniel F. who managed 20mins on the second flight of the day and just to prove it was not a one off managed another good flight in the afternoon. Well done to him. All this after only 8 previous flights and he did the take off and landing !!!!

We had about 20 members on the flying list and everyone flew. Overall a very good day that I think everyone enjoyed, many thanks to Allan who again worked very hard all day. No problems, just a great day.

Statistics are as follows,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Total Launches……,,,…….24.

Total Flight Time………….4hrs. 54min.

Longest Flight……………..32min…….Well done to Bob H. in the K18 but closely followed by Phil P (and Bob) in the K21 and in 3rd, place Daniel F. with 20mins.
lots of other flights well into double figures.

Average flight time………12mins. This included a couple of cable breaks by the K21.

Steve P.

We had a great day with better weather than expected. It was warm and dry all day and thermic from early afternoon almost until we finished flying at about 17-30 so we had another long day. Although the thermals did not go very high they were good enough for some really good long flights. We are now down to 2 x 2 seaters as C.B.W. has gone into the workshop for her annual check but we were able to make good use of her until she was de-rigged at lunch time. For most of the afternoon the launch point was empty as all the remaining 4 club gliders were in the air and as soon as one landed it was quickly turned around and re-launched.

Everyone flew and we all had a good day with no problems, we were a little late starting because of some early mist but it cleared very quickly at about 10-30 and we lost no more time.

So the statistics for the day were,

Total Launches………………..31. This was very good in view of the start time, length of flights and glider availability.

Total Flight Time……………….9hrs. 10min.

Longest Flight………………….1hr. exact, well done to Ken M. he could have stayed up longer but came back so others could enjoy the weather. Well done also to Tony M. and Humph who also had good long flights, there were several other who also had well over half an hour who I am sure could all have all stayed up longer.

Average Flight Time………….17mins. This is also good as it included quite a few simulated cable breaks and other short flight exercises. Well done to Alan B. for managing to stay in our field !

Overall a great day, well attended and enjoyed by everyone, must remember to re-stock with Doughnuts, all gone !!!

Steve P.