Today was a challenging day.
The forecast was for there to be a short soaring window and then showers and storms.
The task setting committee decided that there wasn’t enough time in the day to task all 4 classes, so a task was set for just standard and 15 m classes, a 2 hour AAT.
After a short briefing both classes were gridded and launching began at 10.45 into a very overcast sky.
Of the 26 gliders launched a couple landed back and had relights while others chose to land out not far from the airfield.
Most got around the task, with some variation in start times indicating that the time of starting was a very tactical decision.
As predicted, the storms developed later in the afternoon, but as I write this there has been no rain in Dalby, yet!
The Dalby Hanging Gliding Club hangar was hurriedly re-organised late this afternoon and is now home to 5 Pawnees.
Many pilots chose to de-rig.
Ralph
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