On Sunday 6th September WB922 was shoehorned into its trailer and taken abroad to Wales to fly as a part of the 634VGS MOD St Athan families day. A lot of behind the scenes work had been undertaken by 634 as St Athan lies within the Cardiff CTR and we would be operating a non radio, non transponder aeroplane within their airspace. With all the permissions in place Pete Turner bought the motor glider across from Mendip and we flew 5 members of the 634 staff including their CO and CFI as well as the St Athan base commander a naval Commodore.
The flying was very interesting as we had fairly brisk 90 degree crosswind at times and even though the St Athan main runway is enormously long we were landing the Sedbergh on a postage stamp of grass outside the VGS hangar which had been checked for obstructions. It was very different being on aerotow over the sea and perhaps slightly odd looking back at Weston-super-mare from a gliding angle we hadn’t seen before!
