The wind gods did not smile on us this weekend. Gusting to 100kph on Saturday tailing off to almost dead calm by Sunday afternoon. This fact combined with low cloud on both days prohibited virtually all flying apart from a couple of mad fools who tried to fly in both extremes.
I don’t really understand why the conditions were so poor, I promised the Almighty I’d be good for the rest of the year if he gave us flyable weather this weekend. Perhaps he didn’t believe me. (Can’t say I blame him :wink: )
Freds’ head count says 16 pilots on Saturday and 15 on Sunday. It was good to see so many in such conditions, I wonder how many would have been there had the weather been sunny with a breeze straight on to the slopes! These glide-ins are becoming ever more popular. I can remember when even in good conditions there was only 4 or 5 pilots on the slope of Big L. Could this increase in numbers be due to my magnetic personality perhaps?
NO,………..I don’t think so either. :cry: So maybe slope soaring is experiencing a ‘renaissance‘,…..let’s hope so.
Memorable events for me this glide-in? Fred & JP flying a little foamy Messerschmitt 109 off the top of the south slope in winds of 100K, (between brakes in the cloud.) Loads of new enthusiastic faces, eager to try their hand at piloting gliders. :clap: Meeting up with some ‘older’ faces to catch up on events. And on Sunday trying to scratch around to find some lift while knowing that all that really awaited me was a long walk to recover a downed model. :evil: (All say Arrrrrrr…..)
Here a a few picies I took on Sunday from the West slope. Others will have more to follow.
Ralph is always 'good for a laugh'. Love the new "Hair Net"
This is Fred making a valiant attempt to fly a model with virtually no lift around. The result was inevitable,…Gravity always wins!
John “Fireballs” & friend, (Sorry I can’t remember his name) had to resort to extreme measures by ‘cheating’ with a powered model!
Well, at least it flew!
(Little) Keith
