At last the spell unfriendly winds passed and all was calm.  A chance to fly.  Maybe not the most attractive flying conditions but after...

A week of sunshine and high temperatures weren’t the only records being broken a number of record breaking launch counts were achieved. ...

Great day at Shalbourne GC today. 53 flights, first solo by Tom Foale, Bronze theory test and Bronze flying test passed by Matt Beckett,...

Alex, Beanie, Matt and I (Nick) headed up north for what was a spectacular weekend of ridge, wave and even thermal flying for Round 2 of...

For those mathematically inclined cloudbase through the day could modelled as a function of 1/x For those less so, it started out with...

The day started far from promising with a cloud base that you could poke a stick in to. Well, maybe standing on the top of the hangar...

Don’t know what happened but the wind wasn’t coming from the north. Maybe that’s why it was a modest turnout. However, plenty enough...

Midweekers may be in danger of becoming a little blasé about clear blue skies and ridge winds, but Wednesday, despite the blue skies,...

Sunnier and less windy than expected: what a nice day it’s been! We’ve had a busy day with a final push on the BI training ahead of...

Clear blue sky and a wind from the north – what more could one ask for? First launch was Bob B in the Vega and only returned 32 minutes...

Normally at this time of year it’s all about who can do a double digit flight. Not so today. Out of the 35 launches (yes, 35!) only 5...

What an excellent start to 2019 on 2nd January with no misting, 25 launches and more cakes than you could shake a stick at. 2 types of...

Bit late in catching up with a couple of the very few flying days in December.  On Wednesday the 19th when we were able to take advantage...

Great start to the soaring season with lots of people turning up to register their interest in the 2019 InterClub League season.  It...

Not exactly a promising day but we were able to fly. South easterly with some fairly lively turbulence on approach in the lee of the...

Seems like we have to keep our wits about us and move “Wednesday” to more suitable days at the moment.  Tuesday was the one day that...

A: Fly your Silver Distance!!! Not many people turned up today, but with E team stalwarts Liz and Graham along with Alex and Matt from...

A brisk wind between fading Atlantic storms dried out the airfield and provided a welcome opportunity for flying in clear blue skies...

All this youthful exuberance got me thinking back to days of sports cars, sans Mrs. B and sans mortgage. My first solo in a single-seater...