although the committee and some of the club elders are still working on the issues to be discussed at the next club meeting I thought you'd appreciate getting a draft agenda so you have an idea if what to expect on Wednesday.
Please also see the fun task (below) to get you thinking.
Ali et al.
PS do I need to say that it is not a witch hunt?
Meeting agenda
Attitude to safety (Who's at risk?)
Brief analysis of recent events
Decision to fly
Proposed New Safety measures
- Coaching
The coaches role
liability
first aid
new coaches
Annual safety refresher
Online annual safety refresher register
Radio communications
Assisting technology
Pre-flight safety brief
Pre-flight safety prompt card/notes
Quarterly safety discussions/lectures
Updated accident investigation procedure
Best practise (voluntary code)
Inter-club safety work
Wind speed and safe flying
In the meantime here’s a quick task to get you in the mood for this Wednesday. Look at the following scenarios and rate them in order of safety.
- 1. Knowing that you have to be at work later you make an early start heading to Captain Cooks. When you get there everything is peachy, the wind is perfect and there’s some great clouds around. Several gaggles leave the ridge and head over the back at cloud base. Although you can’t go XC you’ve worked out that if you fly until 4.45pm you'll have time to top land, pack up your things and be at work in time for the graveyard shift.
2. A strong but manageable wind on Bewaldeth
3. Steady 20mph at the coast, bang on the ridge, but with a line of clouds 5 to 10 miles off shore (up wind) running parallel with the coast. Through your binoculars you can see that the water is noticeably choppier water below the line of clouds.
4. A perfect day on Blease, some lenticular clouds overhead.
5. Blue skies and a perfect wind in the alps. one of the locals mutters something about the foehn?.
6. 10 kmph gusting to 16 kmph on Blease.
7. Knowing that you have to be at work later you make an early start heading to Captain Cooks. When you get there everything is peachy, the wind is perfect and there’s some great clouds around. Several gaggles leave the ridge and head over the back at cloud base. Although you can’t go XC you’ve worked out that if you fly until 4.45pm you'll have time to top land, pack up your things and be at work in time for the graveyard shift.
8. A strong but steady and manageable wind at the coast.
9. Your on Walla and it’s a lovely summers evening. The weather is very settled (no clouds and no wind) making a glide down to the park easily achievable.
10. A strong but steady and manageable wind on Catbells.
11. After RASP reported the best XC forecast of the year you decide to head to the Dales really early to make the most of it. The actuals state that it’s a light northeasterly so you find yourself following others to the NE side of Hawkswick hoping to emulate Smarty’s flight to Blackpool in 2014. At take off there is a gaggle already on there way to base, you kick yourself. On take off there is just enough wind to stay airborne. Between the broken climbs you find yourself scratching the ridge; at least you don’t have to land and carry up again
