The day started with a burst of enthusiasm – 4 club gliders pulled out and 5 private gliders rigged. Then everyone stood around and nattered – something to do with the top cover and the murk. Chris B broke ranks and went to see if the ridge was working – he stayed up for 26. For the next 2 hours launch rate very slow and only 1 glider doing any better (by 2 minutes!). Carol launched and didn’t return so then a grid formed and we were rewarded with a number of hour+ flights. I have no reports of anyone going anywhere or what heights folks got. The 2-seaters were reporting 2.000′ launches.
One landout, one visitor (with Ventus) from Talgarth, one TL, one annual checks. 34 launches (highest number we’ve seen since the Open Day) and 17:45 flown. As we packed the hangar we gazed up at the best looking sky of the day (seems to have been a fairly common occurance this year).
Weds 11 August…. 750k day..not….?
Sat at work, looking out at the complete cloud cover and suspecting I didn’t miss as much as was promised… But doubtless those who flew will tell us all about it.
Meanwhile, the forecast for Saturday is looking promising and it’s E Team day so be there and join in the fun
Sunday 8th August
Congratulations to James Hunneman who today heeded advice (not that he really needed it) and flew off in the Vega in search of the elusive 50k flight.
Not only happy with just making it he smashed it by a fair margin ending up at Shennington!
Well done James……..where next 🙂
Phil
July Stats
This July we managed more launches (all 9 of them) than last year and more flying time than either the last 2 years. The later quiet an achievement when you take into account that July 2 years ago we did almost 50% more launches than this year. To do a fair comparison we really need to lump July and August together as it varies which month Course and Task Week fall into. That said, year-to-date position is that we are behind (compared to last 2 years) on launches but ahead on flying time.
The arrival of the Sport Vega (EGF) this month pushed the k8 to being the least flown of the club aircraft. EGF clocked up over 25 hours off 50 launches and was flown by 21 members. 12 private gliders got exercised with EFF(737) being the most active (launches and time – we don’t have enough information on km’s)