Sunday 12 Oct
A promising collection of wave clouds greeted us on arrival at the airfield, but by the time the mandatory site briefing and preping the gliders had been completed the clouds had morphed into some fair weather cumulus.
The 4kt thermals were smooth and took us to the 4300' cloudbase and the gentle breeze effected some impressive streeting. We took the opportunity to fly all eight of the group on check/introductory flights with the requirement of landing on the runway and using the radio providing some new challenges for those new to Aboyne. The good thermal conditions disappeared towards the end of the afternoon as spreadout cut the sun off and Roger Williams with Merv was fortunate to stumble into some weak wave to end the day landing well after six while the others were propping up the Wave Bar in the clubhouse. Jim Duthie had the longest flight of the day with 2.75 hours in the discus.
Merv
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