Sunday turned out to be a modest day in terms of member turnout, gliding weather, and consequently the number of flights.  Only Tony Sorenson joined the duty crew of Peter Stephenson, Neil Muspratt, John Ashford and yours truly, and accordingly the Twin Astir was prepped for flight.  

As we headed to Runway 12, initial signs seemed favourable with plenty of developing cumulus in evidence.  However sporadic lift resulted in a first flight of only 14 minutes for Messrs Stephenson and Elsworth, the latter quickly coming to the realisation that IKW has rather different characteristics to a Blanik or an IS-28.  

Some hard work by Tony was rewarded with the best flight of the day at 24 minutes.  We then waited for an hour, watching the cum everywhere…everywhere except the vicinity of YCAB.  With no signs of meteorological improvement, Neil and Peter concluded the day's activities with a 19 minute flight back to the parking area.  

(In the meantime of course, Speedy embarrassed us all with an extended flight in the K14). 

The day's rather disappointing stats:  3 flights for a total of 57 minutes.

A couple of supplementary notes: 

1.  Nick Sheahon has compiled a DVD record of the Club's 2014 Queens Birthday meeting at Watts Bridge, and has generously made copies available to members at no charge.  So come along and grab your copy of "Watt a Weekend", and get up to speed on the Twin Astir at the same time!

2.  For info of the Friday Crew, I noted on Sunday that the Pie Cart jockey wheel handle was broken.  However I have been able to apply Man Cave Rule 1 ("Never throw anything that looks useful away"), and replace the item with the jockey wheel that has resided in my shed for the last 10 plus years.  It's on the floor of the Pie Cart.

Safe Flying