Well yesterday was a most interesting days flying. Apart from some showers which insisted on depositing respectable quantities of water in the afternoon, causing all pilots to dive for the protection of their cars, the lift was pretty fair all day.
A few breath stopping moments were witnesses including one of me launching a model without switching it on first. :shock: The Phase 6 rose, drifted behind the flight line, and then nose dived into the ground. (Very embarrassing) :oops: :oops:
But certainly the most fantastic event of the day, in my opinion, was seeing Fred land one of his 4mtr birds after half the right wing and right aileron (including the aileron servo) had been removed following a mid air collision. He just brought it into land as if there was nothing wrong with it!
That was 100% pure skill. I take my hat off to you Fred. :clap: :clap:
So, let’s see what today has in stall for us.
This morning , as usual, Big L is sleeping under it’s duvet of cloud. Blue sky almost everywhere else and brilliant sunshine which is starting to take some of the damp chill off the atmosphere.
Right now the temp. is 10C. Wind speed /direction is Zero, but don’t be fooled into thinking that the day is lost………….by noon all predictions are that there will be a gentle westerly with only the slight possibility of the odd shower.
Looking forward to meeting Les and Ralph, and also Alan today. Oh, and anyone else who cares to venture forth up onto the mighty mountain. (I’d throw at least one ‘floater’ in the car if I were you lads, don’t think there’s gonna be a vast amount of lift today.)
See you up there around miday. :wink:
Keith
