It was a rubbish flying day, best flight of the day going to John D in DHA, but the barbecue that followed once the toys were put away...

On Wednesday we had a couple of visiting gliders from Lasham. One of them was a DG500 with Jeff Lynes and Simon Holland on-board. They...

Jim and Jim were duty but they had swapped. That meant that Jim got all the bad weather that Jim usually gets on his duty days but that...

There being light rain from high overcast and only a few ragged Cu, Paul Bryant launched at 15:45 with a view to hangar flying the K8. By...

The perfect Open Day would be a steady NNE with not much thermal activity resulting in high launches, short landings, consistent flight...

Report from Martin S: The training week was very beneficial for us all. Maybe as no one got to go solo if may appear less successful...

Wednesday in the middle of course week could be expected to be busy and it was.  We were also joined by 4 folk making the most of their...

First flight of the day was rather short but that was due to it being a test flight of HCF coming back online.  After that most, but by...

After a record breaking April (more of that later) we move into the better weather in May – pah!  May Day no flying due to a nasty south...

A slow start with the mist gradually burning off and the early top cover slow to shift developed into a lovely soaring day. The two...

Whilst Pete, Claire and Jim were at Aboyne some other members made the (slightly shorter) trip to Portmoak. Carol, Chris, Tony P and I...

Ozee suits in late April?  The fresh north wind was responsible for that.  The compensation for a cold north wind is ridge lift – well,...

Last week myself, Jim and Claire went back to Aboyne for a weeks flying accompanied by Jim’s wife Shirley and dog Sam and puppy Luke....

Report from Alex J: On the 20th and 21st April the club opened up for Southampton Uni students to get some intensive flying experience...

What a cracking day – most time flown on a single day (28:22) since last September.  Club instructing was shared out between 3...

The weekend was, well you know, blue. A very strong inversion limited thermals to be tight, small gusty and most pertinently stopped at...

It may have been sunny but with the wind from the north it was a bit nippy but it did mean it was straight down the runway,  1,800′...

Yes, I know this entry is out of order.  Saturday an impressive 48 launches but none on Sunday.  There should have been 2 more launches...

A very busy weekend with 37 launches on Saturday and a massive 51 on Sunday. Saturday’s launches were fitted in around some heavy...

I received a couple of texts on the way to the airfield to the effect ‘I’m in a deluge, so going back home’. So, on arriving, was...