Although the conditions didn't look good on Saturday, Rich Abercrombie took an early launch which paid off. He climbed steadily to 12,000' until stopped by an approaching front. He used his height to have a trip down to the outskirts of the Newcastle airport zone returning via Morpeth. He's really getting the hang of his new, (to him), glider. Trevor Dale & Barry Lytollis also got over 10,000' - just another wave day at Milfield !
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| A classic edge |
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| Richard's panel at 12,000' |
Sunday gave a long day of rather unreliable thermals, mainly because it tried to wave. The wave worked to around 7000' initially but then just made the thermals appear where the wave should have been. Despite that there were some flights of nearly 4 hours duration and several laps of the local triangle completed. The main event, however, was a first solo for Mike Rose - congratulations. We wish him well for his future progress.
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| Mike Rose (L) being congratulated on going solo by Rich Abercrombie |
