Ridge, Thermal, Wave and Convergence.
We were all set up for launching on runway 36 when suddenly the wind picked up from the south and forced a runway change and a mad scramble to the other end of the airfield. Usually in this exercise someone looses out on grid position but because no one really wanted to launch we didn’t loose out.
We launched on to a ridge called Mallop and very quickly decided to push west towards Sarres. This proved to be not one of our smartest ideas due to the wave influence on the hill killing the lift. Anyway we got away with this one and the ran away to a more friendly area.
The second flights proved to be more relaxed over the same area as we now knew what was happening so we climbed on the ridge then thermaling up and moving west towards the rotor CU. I finally topped out at 10500ft just west of the airfield.
No great distances were flown but everyone flew for 2.5hrs each today and came back with large smiles on there faces.
Colin
We were all set up for launching on runway 36 when suddenly the wind picked up from the south and forced a runway change and a mad scramble to the other end of the airfield. Usually in this exercise someone looses out on grid position but because no one really wanted to launch we didn’t loose out.
We launched on to a ridge called Mallop and very quickly decided to push west towards Sarres. This proved to be not one of our smartest ideas due to the wave influence on the hill killing the lift. Anyway we got away with this one and the ran away to a more friendly area.
The second flights proved to be more relaxed over the same area as we now knew what was happening so we climbed on the ridge then thermaling up and moving west towards the rotor CU. I finally topped out at 10500ft just west of the airfield.
No great distances were flown but everyone flew for 2.5hrs each today and came back with large smiles on there faces.
Colin
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