..Amazingly RASP had indicated the chance of winter thermals, so I was up early and into my winter thermals to combat the bitter NE'ly wind. At the airfield I was joined by Kath & Paul B, Tony T, Clive S and John L-C. John prep'd his DG800 whilst we got out the K13 and the winch. John Marriott was also out to fly his RF-4.
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Tony was my first 'victim' and we sailed up the wire and straight into a weak thermal street. Experimenting convinced us that just flying into wind gave best results until we spotted a buzzard who showed us a better way and soon we were thermalling our way up to cloudbase. After half an hour we thought it best to go back and let the others have a go. It was a pity there were no aspiring Bronze pilots as Bronze legs were certainly on! Clive and Paul both got a good part of their AFR sorted, and Kath had a flight too. Meanwhile, J L-C went off soaring in his DG. Later Tim D turned up and went off for a bimble in the Falke and took Clive along 'as ballast'!
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