This morning I walked to the town. It takes 25 minutes to the Bicester North Railway station. And after that it takes nearly 10 minutes to walk to the town. I posted a letter to Juho and got some food. After I got home, the bunk house, I had to have a rest. I have not been needing to have a rest here at Bicester during the day, so today was a bit of a surprise. After the rest at 2pm I walked to the launch point, I started walking accros the field, a car was coming the other way and stopped, it was Dave Watt, after he saw that it was me, he said, that it´s ok, you know what you are doing!
At the launch point was the K8 ready, so I put the gable on and hold the wing tip. The glider zoomed off and when I turned round I saw the club chair man who had arrived and he asked if I wanted to come and have a flight in Nimbus 3, just for an hour. Yes, please, I said. The K8 was going to have several flights, so I was not sure if I was getting the K8 at all and the Nimbus flight was my good change to learn more about area around Bicester. So we got the glider to the launch point, the chair man was wondering whether to take a winch launch or an aerotow, he decided on an aerotow. Which was a good choise, he later remarked. It was not easy to climb. He was working hard to get some height and after that he decided to go west. We got as far as Chipping Norton, could not go any further as the sea air was coming that way and thermals were not looking good that way. He asked me if I wanted to have a go when he was in a lift, which I did. I had several go´s, but must admit, I need more practice!!! I was looking places and landmarks. After an hour we landed, the chairman needed to get home to the wife. So, that was. The K8 longest flight had been 20 minutes.
Tomorrow I will be at the airfield the whole day, no walking to the town and back, so I will drag the K8 to the launch point in the morning.
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