Apparently a lovely day at the airfield. Sadly I was working but the forecast of a good North Westerly was accurate and those that turned up to fly had soaring flights in ridge and weak wave. Rowan was tuggie, and John Whiting was back as duty instructor after a long break.
Rowan sent through some photos from the day. Look at that sky from the tug - glorious! Nice looking view of the ridge too in the low winter sun. Great visibility for ridge flying at this point. The K13 and K21 did most of the flying, with many soaring flights, and Mick F rigged Q5 and also managed to get an hour in the air. Pretty good for December, don't you think?
Above, John gets our visitor Peter togged up ready for his first glider flight. After a 13 minute ridge flight they went for a high aerotow and encountered weak wave as well as ridge lift, so a great introduction to gliding. An excellent day to finish off 2014, but there is still chance for more flying before 2015 so fingers crossed that we get more of the same this weekend. Merry Christmas all!
