Friday 30 December 2016

2017 Bronze briefings




Winter Briefings 2017
If you are working towards your Bronze badge, want a bit of a recap or are thinking of becoming an instructor, the Winter briefings are for you. On Saturdays throughout January and February, starting at 10am in the briefing room. All welcome.
 
7th January            Navigation - Steve Williams
14th January          Meteorology - Jane Moore
21st January          XC Skills Development - Jim White
28th January          Flight Planning and Performance - Bob Smith
4th February           Mountain Soaring - Geoff Tabbner
12th February         No lecture: Aboyne Expedition
18th February         XC Meteorology - Jim White
25th February         Field Landings - William Parker and Richard Crockett
TBC                       Radio Telephony - Ashley Birkbeck
                              Task Flying - Tim Scott
                              Principles of Flight - Symeon Economou

Weird December sky

It's been a bit foggy this week but on Tuesday we had some welcome winter sun. Visibility below about 1500ft was poor, but higher up the air was perfect for some aerobatic practice, with the top of the inversion giving a perfect horizon. The low level murk formed itself into what looked remarkably like wave bars, at about 1000ft, but they didn't provide any noticeable lift. Very pretty from above though.

The view from the launch point.....

.....and from above

Higher up
 
Into the sun