Talgarth Airfield
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Looking towards Langorse and the Beacons...
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Ian and Jan were at the airfield early to rig the ASW20. With a forecast of north westerly winds and 3000ft cloudbases, the day looked promising. Sure enough by 11am we were launching gliders up onto the main ridge.
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Running the Main Ridge
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Following the K21
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DG300 at Hay Bluff
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Most flights stayed along the ridge and pushing out to the Wye Valley to try to contact the wave we could see setting up at Hay-on-Wye, however most had to settle for local flights with the exception of a Ventus turbo that flew towards Shobdon to contact the wave that Shobdon pilots had found. Ian flew the '20' around for over 4hrs, and many other club members also flew long soaring flights for over 4 hours. The longest flight was by a visitor from Halesland (near Cheddar) at 5hr 22min.
ASW 20 and Skylark 4 on Main Ridge
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Adrian and Simon pitched up around 3pm after the journey from Tibenham towing Simon's Mosquito. There was fun and games trying to get the trailer in place, however with some effort it was finally achieved. After a quick cup of tea both got airborne for check flights.
Paraglider on Hay Bluff
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Simon's first flight on site was with Ian in the K21 and it turned into an 'exciting' rope-break as the tug manouvered sharply when tug pilot Keith thought there was a conflicting aircraft approaching the combination, and the twang on the rope as it came back under tension was enough to break the weak links - luckily they remembered not to pull the release and so brought the rings back for Keith. Simon got another trip which was somewhat longer (1hr 13mins) soaring both the Main Ridge and the Cwm Du. Adrian meanwhile flew with Mike Stringer in the K13 and also did an hour plus on the ridge.
Soaring with the K21 on the Main Ridge
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The day was finished off with a mexican meal and some good local ale at the Honey Pot Cafe.
Total soaring from site was in excess of 56hrs 30mins over 20 flights giving an average flight time of 2hrs 50mins.
Photos by Ian.
Photos by Ian.
