Longest day was April 30!!
Couple of our Shenington pilots (one flies for BA) decided Tuesday, 30 April looked good for a cross country, so they planned to fly a 750 kilometer task; turning points declared as Carren Castle, north of Swansea, up to Sheffield, back to Senny Bridge, west of Brecon, and home.
They launched at 9.50, self launching in the Nimbus turbo, and turned off the engine, and only had to use it once more when they got too low on the last leg, having to use the iron thermal at Pershore to get home at 19.30.
Total distance covered as a glider, 710 kilometers. Total time flown, 9 hours and 35 minutes. And every step of the way challenging! cloud base was not all that high over the Welsh mountains! Spreadout over Sheffield.....
You can read all about it in flying reports on the Shenington website.