26 March 2017

Yesterday's sky,as Jim took to the air in R67, one of a good sheet of soaring flights,. All blue thermal stuff, with the ridge working down fairly low, but some were strong enough (up to 6 kts), though the inversion cut things off around 2,800 feet. Training flights for Francesca (getting the K21 to spin! and a couple of aced landings), and Paul Smith re-soloed in the K21 as well.
Today not quite so active - in fact a really flat, high pressure, stable sky. So sledge rides for the few who took the chance and sunbathing for those who didn't. Lovely to be sitting out in the high teens of degrees and still in March.
Great visibility earlier on, before the haze kicked in, and we had a grand view of the gorse fire at Aboyne.