It was almost too hot to fly, Alex got to 33C today. However we got some soaring done. First off was Nick Sherlock and John in JW, towed by Gary in ERW. Nick had some good flying practice, pretty much getting to grips with the (large) amount of rudder needed in the Twin Astir. His aerotow was pretty good too considering it was just is his 3rd flight, plus the bumpy day. The greenhouse effect of the Twin's canopy made it just too hot inside and we landed after 40 mins, both feeling a bit seedy!
There was no problem staying up locally. John was airborne about 230 in KG, followed by Phil in KJ. A local (blue) convergence gave good climbs to the slightly cooler air at 7500'. However above this a strong northerly and the generally stable airmass made it hard to get far out of the basin. There was definitely some wave about too. There was one small cloud south of the Old Man Range otherwise it was blue and very clear. In between tows Nick Taylor took over ERW, busy with local scenic flights.
The heat got to us after a couple of hours so we landed for a cold beer...
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