Easter Sunday

A white layer of snow fell during the morning and created a lovely dusting across the tops of the black mountains. The wind had abated since yesterday and as soon as the clouds lifted above the hills the aircraft were pulled out of the hangar, first launch at 12:30, and flying continued until 6.30pm due to lack of daylight.  Unfortunately Paul Wilkinson, Chris Lawrence, Tim Highton and Bob Grieve had to depart as work committments beckoned.

The longest flight of the day was 2:34 by a visitor from Lasham, and over 4 hours were flown by the remaining members of the NGC team (Ian, Jan and Jenny).  Flights were along the north west ridge again however the wind being a little more from the north made the flying more interesting.  There were small bits of weak wave that were flown to just over 4000ft.  Jan and Ian landing at 6:30pm in the twilight after a short 45min flight.

A few easter eggs later it was time to put the kit away and go for food. 

Stats

10 flts, total soaring 12hrs 47mins, average flt time 1hr 17mins. Longest flight 2hr 34mins visitor from Lasham.  There was 5hr 52minutes available flying time.