Norfolk GC Easter Exped Week Stats.
Below are the stats for the NGC exped week. Despite some `challenging' weather which allowed only limited launching on a couple of days the exped was a great success, with all the NGC pilots coming away inspired by the opportunity to experience flying in this beautifully rugged environment.
Good Friday, March 21 - Day 1
3 flts, total soaring 1:24, average flt time 28mins, longest flight 51mins - Tim Highton with John Clarke in K13. There was 1hr 14minutes available flying time.
Saturday, March 22 - Day 2
4 flts, total soaring 3hrs 33mins, average flt time 53mins. Longest flight 1hr 23mins Paul Wilkinson with Ian Atherton in K21. There was 2hr 27minutes available flying time.
Easter Sunday, March 23 - Day 3
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.
Easter Monday, March 24 - Day 4
16 flts, total soaring 17hrs 51mins, average flt time 1hr 7mins. Longest flight 2hr 11mins club member Ralph Johnson in Dart 17. There nearly 8 hours soaring available, broken by a heavy shower in the mid afternoon.
Tuesday, March 25 - Day 5
9 flts, total soaring 11hrs 35mins, average flt time 1hr 17mins. Longest flight 2hr 52mins club member Mark Fisher. There was 6hrs 46minutes available flying time.
Wednesday, March 26 - Day 6
2flts, total time 4hrs 26mins. Average flight time 2hrs 13mins. Longest flight 2hrs 42mins Ian in the ASW20. Maximum available soaring time at least 5 hours!
Thursday, March 27 - Day 7
There was a total of 21 hours & 5 minutes soaring over 12 flights, giving an average flight time of 1:45. Thermic conditions lasted over 5 hours, with the ridge still soarable well after we'd packed up. What a great day!
Friday, March 28 - Day 8
Only 2 flts, 1hr 10min total flying, average flight time 35mins. Longest flight of the day John Roche-Kelly flying with Ian in the K13. Total available soaring time about 1hr in between showers!
Saturday, March 29 - Day 9
Scrub! No flying due to poor weather.
Sunday, March 30 - Day 10
Ian and Jan flew the K21 for 1hr 20mins flying mainly in thermal, Cloud bases were just over 3000ft QFE. We left in the late afternoon and the club was still soaring with some very long flights to be had.
Overall stats:
Stats exclude Day 10 soaring (due to incomplete data as we left well before the end of play).
The week provided significant ridge and thermal soaring opportunity. Overall, between Day 1 to Day 9, 58 flights were made culminating in 72 hours and 35 minutes soaring with an average flight time in excess of 1:15 per flight.
The shortest flight was 13 minutes due to a rapidly approaching rain shower.
The longest of the week was 4 hours 14 minutes flown by local pilot, Martin Pingel. The longest flight by a NGC member was 3 hours.
Longest 2 seater flight by NGC member was Adrian Prime's adventure with Robbie Robertson in the K21 at 1hr 44mins.
