With the forecast for Wednesday being distinctly poor, and Tuesday excellent, we changed our midweek flying day accordingly. I’m writing this on Wednesday, looking at the low cloud and drizzle, so I can say with certainty it was a good call. Everyone soared for at least a half hour, although a couple launched into sink and had to try again – one was Richard, but he enjoyed 3hrs in his new Vega after a relight A couple of new members had a good taste of what soaring is about.. The Janus got to Radstock and back. All-in-all, a great day.
Saturday 11th June
Classic looking day but not many members around to start the day. Pete Smith took the first launch setting off on a mission to take advantage of the liberated Lyneham airspace, returning 4 hours later mission accomplished. Meanwhile back at the ranch (er, airfield) mixed fortunes with modest launches in the cross wind meant some got away whilst others returned. Some terrific climbs (10 up reported, 6 on the averager was the best I saw) and some height eating sink. Nigel and I took JMX to 5,400′.
Few more members appeared in the afternoon – in time to watch the rain approaching, narrowly missed us but killing the lift.
Wednesday 1st June
The reasonably promising sky filled in once the toys were out and we were ready to play.While the rest of us were pounding short circuits Bob B soared away for an hour. He returned to the airfield with the words of advice taken from a 60’s pop song – “hang on to what you’ve got”. The rest of us failed to find anything to hang on to. Mid-afternoon I decided to take a launch (in the LS3) in order to get to the other end of the field where my trailer was. It took over 2 hours to reach the other end. Lots of scratching for the first hour then things started to get easier. Trevor to longest flight honours with 2:36 in his Jantar with climbs up to 3,500′.
