One Swallow doth not a summer make – as is evident from the cover photo.  Very grey, but warm.  Shortly after the photo was taken there...

Open Days are always a bit of a worry.  Will there be enough members to make it happen, will the weather be OK, will any visitors turn...

Sorry for the delay in posting a report but thanks to the good weather we flew most of days we were at Sutton Bank and the lure of the...

The day started with Colin B and helpers doing the regular guillotine checks which turned into sorting a few problems.  The sky was...

With the club expedition to Sutton Bank and a vintage rally happening elsewhere there was a very modest turnout.  Thermic from the start...

Showers to the left of us, showers to the right of us, showers in front of us, boldly we flew into the jaws of thermals, into the mouth...

The day started with Bob tricking us all into holding by landing back after little more than a circuit.  Then he jumped straight back in...

Despite a stiff NNE wind with an 1800ft launch and expecting a nice ridge ride, I soon found myself at 700 feet near the gibbet – ooh-er!...

It was thermic all day, mostly. Good in the morning, then a weak front went through at about 2 after which it was scratchy but thermic. A...

Weather man said it was the hottest day of the year but it certainly didn’t feel like that at the launch point despite the blue sky and...

Yup – pic same as Wednesday Tim flew 13 instructional flights including a half day course delivered in one hit; and ably supported by Ken...

Sunshine, soaring, climbs to 5,000′ plus donuts, Victoria sponge and ginger bread – is there any better way to spend a Wednesday? The day...

After an initial good slot the sky began to change and it became a day of dodging showers. Rob Jarvis set the bar far too high by...

Lifted from Facebook: Well – what an unexpectedly nice day’s flying! I (Liz) was expecting vaguely soarable in hazy sunshine with an...

John Douglass and Jeremy Knight have been up in Shennington, on Tuesday 5th, doing their cross country endorsements. The day started off...

Glad to report that both Jeremy and John passed their XC endorsement yesterday at Shennington……..well done the pair of you. Now the fun...

There are those that claim spring has arrived when they hear their first cuckoo whereas any glider pilot knows that what really heralds...

Arriving at the airfield it was grey – there might even have been fifty shades of it.  However many shades, it did not look like anything...

Another enjoyable (but cold) day of flying at Shalbourne today. Jeremy passed his bronze flying tests, Paul P and Rob J passed their...

It all came together today at long last.the field had dried out,the club fleet was back to full complement and the wind was N.E.  On the...