Fog stopped play till lunchtime, which was a little frustrating as we all knew the weather was up there! When it cleared it was great.....lots of gliders came out to play and most of them stayed up for long periods. Graham P took 60 cross country, Dave Smith & John le Coyte and disappeared off, as did Phil & Russell in JYR. Also seen - HJD, HMB, Paul Mucha's cirrus and Paul Noonan's new toy which no-one seemed to know the registration for, but it has an engine! Everything serviceable belonging to the club was in the air, which was great, and we kept all 3 buggies in use too! More of this please!
Tess
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| Stacked and ready.... |
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| Beginning to lose the private gliders now... |
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| Lucy trying to revise...honestly!! |
"Easter MONDAY – 40 launches, including a good
handful of self-launchers, 14 flights from which were in excess of 30
mins. John Rogers flew his first tugging after a layoff of 4
months and in his words ‘bounced’ on landing. Trisha found wave over
Banbury at about 2.5k, although she had already been to 3.7k after
some 6k climbs. She looked happy. Bruno advises having flown
a visitor, 90 yrs. of age, who had flown RAF Javelins and Lightnings, and
whose station boasted a Tiger Moth of which he was the only person qualified to
fly it, so he did, a bit.
Jonathan May flew in with Julia Robson who is going to put
her shoulder to the Shenington wheel and assist Lucy for the visit of the
Juniors.
I caught the sun. Also a 2k climb to 3.3k in
Ruby aka HJD the K6E. Alastair sharpened up his K6E
aerotowing techniques.
You missed a tremendous soaring day, just the right start to the season. Don't be shy, there was plenty of spare capacity for late comers and we didn't shut down 'til gone 5. See you in the week? It's going to be good"
Eric
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| Eric looking as if about to go mountaineering.... |
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| Just look at that sky!!!!!!!!! |