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2015 Shannon MFC Gliding events
rogallo:
Sat is looking great. See you all there
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Fred:
Howdy lads,
Any flying done? Photos? :D
gerryb:
hi fred,
yea, great day, great turn out, lots of flying.
i'm in west clare at the moment, soon as i get home, i'll put up report and photos
gerryb:
right i'm back........
sat 13th, shannon mfc glide-in, tountinna.
forecast was for northerly winds, 12kts (f4) decreasing as the day went on.
a great day, 20 pilots took part and i think everyone enjoyed themselves.
flying started about 10.30am.
the forecast was spot -on, good breeze on the northerly slope but interestingly, the lift came and went which made for some challenging flying at times. those of us who had electricity as back up were glad to use it from time to time.
as the wind dropped, we were able to pick up some thermals and get to great height at times (well done andreas and kieran).
later on in the day, the wind backed nnw and we backed with it. now we were able to make use of a better slope.
a great selection of gliders were on display, not all flew as the iffy lift meant some pilots chose to stay grounded rather than risk long walk outlandings.
flying finished about 5.30pm, at which time we packed up and headed home.
i would like to thank everyone who took part in the event for their support, some travelled long distances to be with us.
a special welcome to ross porz who was on holidays in ireland and joined us during the day. ross is from australia and normally flies flat field thermal soaring so he was delighted to see slope soaring first hand.
some photos i took during the day........
gerryb:
tom, john, and noel. there's at least 150 aeromodelling years between these three and they're still loving it!!!mike with phoenix 2000, wally with flair sunrise and alex who built this model as his first attempt at glider building and made a beautiful job of it. unfortunately, i can't remember the name of it.the 4 muskateers! ralph, les, matt and jack. great characters alljoe, jim and chrisbrendan with sky 2100
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