Sunday 28th November

Decidedly nippy but none of the snow covering other parts of the UK. A few "I flew the Helm" woolly hats on show and Rod H reported a spotting a brass monkey in search of a welder. Not enough wind to bring the ridge to life but folks were squeezing 10 or 11 minutes out of the K8 with Chris K taking the days honours with 13 minutes. Highest reported launch was 2,000'. First launch to last landing was 3:21 and in that time we clocked up 3:17 flying off 22 launches (only 2 gliders in use).

Sat 20th November

Fog clearing to low rain and drizzle = scrub!

Saturday 13th November

The appearance of DI Tim R wearing a jacket confirmed that Winter has definitely arrived. Mind it wasn't fastened and he was just wearing a tee shirt underneath it. Some us were donning our Ozee's. Another up and down day but Tim was kept busy in the backseat. I threw down the gauntlet for the longest flight with 8 minutes in the K8 (up till then all flights were 5 minutes). That was comprehensively beaten by both Rob J and Richard D clocking up 12 minutes each.
Cloud of white smoke from the winch end of the airfield hinted that something was not quite right. The broken fan belt was replaced by Ken H, Rob J and Steve B but the attempt to launch following that was abandoned due to misting.
Just 12 launches (1:23 flying time)

Saturday 6th November

After the initial rain cleared we took adavantage of the dryer conditions to get some flying in. Ok so it wasn't great soaring weather but that did not stop us managing to get in 2hrs 49 mins of flying from 28 launches, 4 of which tied with 8 mins each !

Colin got his 3 year instructor checks done and Nigel his annuals so at least they went home happy :-)

And finally many thanks to Steve Ottner for helping out with the trial lessons.


Phil