The day dawned dry and reasonably sunny. The weather improved more than the previous day's forecast suggested. The strip was still a bit boggy in places, but usable.
First to launch was Miro in his nimbus 2 OH. Then Garry Speight flying with William White. Peter Robinson launched in the Junior, which he now regards as "his" glider - at least for the time he is here. I took off with John Trezise, and later Geoff Neely self launched in HDB, the DG300.
Although the clouds looked very good, the thermals were ordinary. Garry and William had the longest flight with 2 hours 7 minutes. John flew very well - only his fourth flight in a glider and we covered the tug emergency signals. Boris waved us off in a thermal and we had 40 minutes or so of soaring flight, followed by a decent landing in a reasonable crosswind.
The bad news was that one of the brakes on the tug broke, and on disassembly we found that the linings were badly worn, the piston completely u/s and the cylinder was scored. The rest of the day was spent frantically on the phone trying to get spare parts so that we could get the plane back in the air as soon as possible.
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