I have many fond memories of sub-3 minute flights at Hemswell and Spitalgate.
At Hemswell the grass strip used was parallel to the tarmac runway, and had a field of standing cereal crop on the under-run. One instructor's favourite wheeze was to approach a bit hot and flare into the crop which made an awfully scary noise as it battered the nose, then burst out and pop the spoilers again to land. The ATC student usually climbed out with a fit of sneezing.
Even as a callow 14 year-old I remember being a bit worried that any old New Holland bailer abandoned by the farmer would 1) Not be visible, & 2) Be a bit solid
Picture is June 69 and what I remember as golden wavy wheat across the peri-track behind looks like grass. I have mislaid the rest of the pics.
I suspect that this glider was day-glo and silver dope, although I recall at the time that day-glo printed as plain red on photo paper.
