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Roll up! Roll up! for a Great Weekend (29 -30th Sep.)

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Happy Days:
Er, excuse me gentlemen,........................

Is this weekend a fly-in for glider pilots, or a piss up for alcoholics’ anonymous ? :P
Or to put the question another way round,. Are the planes going to be getting high, or the pilots?

andrew wallace:
it's 5.15am i'm up the cars packed the batteries are all charged i'm heading for Dungannon at six and hope to have the first beer on big L about 11am or so :D

see you there  :clap:  :clap

Fred:
Alchoholic!! :)

See you soon :)

JohnPearson:
help!!!

I think I need a bigger car, see you all soon :?:

Happy Days:
Morning Men!
(Stand 'at ease')
Good to see so many of you up and rearing to go at this time of the day!




Here is a picie of Big L taken a few minutes ago. You can just see it emerging from under it’s blanket of cloud. Should be completely clear in an hour or so.



The wind speed at the moment is 5 gusting 7k/h.  
Temp is 6*C due to rise to around 15C. (ambient)
For those who have never enjoyed the delights of slope soaring on Mt Lienster, it’s going to ‘feel’ like 6 or 7 degrees C even at the warmest time of day. So wrap up warm and bring a flask of hot coffee or tea with you.

Oh, and one more thing. (This is for Big  Keith)……..It’s a kind of  ‘understanding’ or ‘etiquette’ that new pilots have to supply buns for the rest of the crew on their first glide-in. …………Just thought I’d mention that.

Wind direction is variable…..WNW to WSW.

Atmospheric pressure ……….1019mB rising slightly.

Visibility………..25+ Km.

Relative humidity,….. oh, ..who cares! It’s gonna be a good days flying lads so get there as soon as you can.

For those who can’t remember where the west slope is, it’s the ridge with heather in front of the flight line and trees behind the landing area. (Andrew will remember it well!) We normally park up at the bared entrance to the forestry lane.

I’m just loading the car with my kit,……see you all there around 10.30.

Tally-Ho!

K.

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