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| Keith and Ian getting ready to fly DVX. |
A bright and chilly day with a moderate westerly wind with just a touch of north, right down 28, but enough to make the ridge work.
A few hardy souls braved the chill, and each enjoyed some soaring. John L-C flew his DG, whilst Keith, Jane, John R, Scott and I had a relaxed but fun day soaring the ridge and admiring the fantastic winter colours created by the low sun, which also nicely highlighted the "ridge and furrow" fields at the southern end of the ridge.
With such a stiff wind we decided to lauch on RWY 28 inset from the short hard cross-runway to minimise driving on the 8-Acre field and avoid creating our own furrows by damaging it with vehicles! Thus, allowing us to mainly drive on the hard surfaces, and land in the 8-Acre "undershoot" and roll up to the launch-point ready for the next flight with minimum effort. The slightly shorter launch run still gave launches of around 1000-1300ft, so making it to the ridge was still pretty easy.
We packed up around 3:00pm, having each had our fill and retired to the clubhouse for some hot tea!
With such a stiff wind we decided to lauch on RWY 28 inset from the short hard cross-runway to minimise driving on the 8-Acre field and avoid creating our own furrows by damaging it with vehicles! Thus, allowing us to mainly drive on the hard surfaces, and land in the 8-Acre "undershoot" and roll up to the launch-point ready for the next flight with minimum effort. The slightly shorter launch run still gave launches of around 1000-1300ft, so making it to the ridge was still pretty easy.
We packed up around 3:00pm, having each had our fill and retired to the clubhouse for some hot tea!
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| Scott soaring the ridge - note the ridge and furrow fields. |
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| A better view of the ridge and furrow fields to the west of the ridge. |