Graeme over CorndonForecast for today was rain from lunchtime onwards, so we decided to spend the day working. However, Geoff sneaked off to check the weather machine and it seemed flyable at Corndon. I wanted to check my speedbar and ballast bag, so off we went.

It was grey and dank, but Dave B. was already in the air, so we raced up the hill. It was strongish, so trying the ballast bag was going to work. Dave landed and reported that the conditions were like bad porridge, cold and lumpy.

I launched from the saddle and flew up the rocks. It was possible to push out in front without losing much, on the other hand, there wasn’t much lift about either. On the ground the wind was picking up and Geoff couldn’t get off. I started to go backwards so got to use the speedbar as well. In the end I bimbled about for 25 minutes and then top landed by the cars. We felt a spot of rain so packed up. Meanwhile, Graeme and Mick turned up as well and Graeme took off half way down the hill while Mick flew his model. On the way home it started spitting, so perfect timing… though the rain never really came in, and it was probably flyable for much longer than we expected.

See photos of today.

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