Mission From Moir's

It looked quite good, and if the turn-out was an indicator, it was going to be great. As usual Rodger was keen to go , and as usual he was the first to launch and promptly went on glide to the "bomb-out". Once we got Rodger out the way we waited for Jeff to show us how to do it. Which he duly did, latching onto what would be the only lift out. Subsequently Lisa and Anand launched and although able to maintain for a while, eventually succumbed to the ground suck. This dissuaded the rest of us leaping off immediately until we gave up and also decided that a glide to the "bomb-out" was the order of the day. Another Season of intrepid flights (not!) comes to an end. Leonardo Flight Link

Gee, its been 3 months since I was last here, and this could well be the last flight of the season. As usual it looked promising. (I try not to go when it doesn't). So I got to the car park around 1230 and found Adrien waiting for me, his first time to Moirs and he wasn't sure where the launch was. Out at launch the wind was on the money, but there was still a fair bit of cloud; although it was breaking up upwind. So after a site brief we proceeded to kit up. Scott then showed up, another 1st Moirser and another who didn't know how to get to launch (?), and after another quick briefing we continued to get ready. Adrien launched first and I followed at about 1340. The air was smooth, interspersed with broken thermals, some quite boisterous, but I was unable to cling onto anything substantial for any worthwhile length of time. Scott launched and we boated around, rising and falling, never getting too high. After about 40 minutes of this I decided to head out and la...