With the rain
having ceased and the sun appearing, the airfield was alive with gliders being
rigged out of trailers and pilots with smiles on their faces. This, combined
with one of the competition sponsors, SBS Bank, arriving with flags and prizes,
morning briefing was delayed a little. Once briefing was underway, met man
Graham White suggested the forecast may dampen spirits. While some thermals
were forecast, so was high cloud and overdevelopment. Conditions were predicted
to be untaskable but flyable so a free flying day was declared. The sky was
soon filled with gliders with all pilots flying. The sky cycled with some areas
working well, then poorly, then reasonably then well again. Good climbs were
found in places, as were areas of heavy sink, with cloudbase topping at less
than 4,000ft. All gliders returned to the airfield and while conditions
exceeded those forecast, the “no task” task was a good call for the day.
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