It's official - the sun came out again, and Sunday promised good conditions for the day. True to form the various toys came out of their boxes to join the club kit. Once again a last minute volunteer was invaluable - Derrick S stepped in to cover the duty instructor role and was kept busy all day with trainees and a few visitors.
Phil & Russell went off cross country in JYR, visiting Kidderminster (why?!), Great Malvern and Bicester; Alan L took HMB to Uffington and Winchcombe; John Rogers visited Enstone, Thame and Northampton; Dave Smith went off somewhere in his LS6, but I don't know where! Lucy took her K6 for a flight and discovered a bit of a mismatch between her two varios - one reading 10 up, the other 2 down - she's pretty convinced that the first one wasn't correct!
As you can see from above the gliders quickly began to disappear from the launch point. We also had plenty of other gliders overhead during the afternoon as the Opens & Standards routed past Shenington, and we had a drop in visitor from Snitterfield.
Bob Playle went off for a couple of hours in the Capstan with his son Malcom, Norman took HJD for a spin, Rowan flew C2 to check out his instruments, and Tess (anticipating some retrieves in late June!) flew H20 to get in some landings before the Regionals.
Glen soloed again. Paul B, Paul D, Jon L, Maciej, Alex, Tim D, Mick F, John W, Trish all went soaring too....Jon L got away very late in the day in DVX for the last soaring flight of Sunday.
It's great to see Dave Heath back at the club and already cleared as tuggie, and Daryl is visiting again from Australia.
A big thank you to all who helped out, and especially to Derrick for covering DI all day. After the hangar doors were shut we all sat down outside with a beer, and organised a trip to the local Chinese take-away. Roll on summer......