End of Winter Fun Fly-In

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A wet start gave way to a splendid afternoon. A few hardy souls were out gliding. Nick Owen completed his SLMG-NPPL Bi-Annual Refresher with Mick in G-BUGL, and the LAA fly-in drew a few brave visitors who recieved a warm welcome and a free NGC calendar. Tonight Mike Bean hosted a successful charity quiz and chips night!

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Dodge the showers...

Andy V and myself ran the day, the weather was slow to break but we eventually saw some blue sky at 2:30pm.   Volunteers who had been hanging around all day for the chance of a flight, sprang into action to get the winch out, the G103 DI'd and taken out to the launchpoint. 
We manged to squeeze in a few flights before the heavens opened again and it was the long walk back to the hangar. 
Typical luck as soon as everything was away the sun came out again!  Too late to launch the fleet, so we all went for the needed warm cup of tea.
Weatherton forecast was foggy with rain along at about 11am, with about 1 hour clearance about 3pm - he was right again, but forgot to tell us about the 2nd clearance at 4:30pm.

More Soaring...

Saturday was clear but cold. Mark W ran the day with John R-K assisting. The club cadets were out in strength. The G103 was rigged and all 4 remaining club gliders came out to play (the K21 is now away for a few weeks for total refurb). A couple of private owners rigged and there was a short soaring window of about 2 hours, with the longest flight, by Dave R, achieving 1:14 in a club Astir. Jim took an A/T in N12 for his Astir type conversion flight and showed us all how a zero-wind spot-landing should be done! There were also a few visiting powered aircraft.

Thermal Flights Are Here Again...

A poor start, but the weather cleared through around lunchtime. The blustery conditions generated some decent thermals for the time of year, with the longest flight of the day being over an hour!