Monday 27th August
Winds 180/40 at 1000'. At the launch point, a 15kt wind, gusting 20kts, made it a difficult day. A warm front, shortly followed by a cold front out to the west. Thankfully, the rain held off until 1600, so we were able to get some flying in before then.
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| Don with his tea! |
Patrick Taylor was brave enough to take the first flight of the day and in doing so, gained some valuable experience at approaching at high speed through a strong wind gradient. He returned to the launch point to be greeted by Don: 'You are flying again!' So with little choice in the matter, Patrick managed a commendable 11 minutes on his second flight.
Next to fly was John D, with his friend Yoav from Dunstable. They did 4 flights in total, ranging from 3 to 11 minutes.
Lucy and Dave L-M also did a flight each to keep current.
Meanwhile, Don looked on from the bus, drinking China Tea and eating Gary's Jaffa Cakes. Tim and Gary also helped out. Later, Gary even got his kite out!
Tim and Patrick headed to the Tysoe shop to get their lunch and kindly shared some of their food with the rest of us!
After rain stopped play, we headed back to the clubhouse to drink more tea, while Patrick and Yoav sat practice Bronze C papers.
Overall, we got the best out of a challenging day!
Lucy
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| Tim and Gary sheltering on the bus! |
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| Preparing to launch |
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| Patrick and Yoav working on their Bronze Papers |