After a couple of dry days the Wednesday faithful’s hoped for the chance to fly but it was not to be.  The weather brightened up in the...

Rod took the opportunity to finish off his new improved breaking system.  He then drove it all day and gave us excellent launches (except...

Much mud, but the old Landrover did the most work! Sincere thanks to Phil who checked three of us out to continue instructing next year,...

Can’t think why this mug found its way under the Christmas tree. Almost at the end of the worst (least opportunity to fly) November and...

The 23rd had the best weather, by far, in December.  The kites were out soaring but (sigh) we were stuck on the ground.  In my case I was...

“When flying try to stay in the middle of the air. Do not go near the edges of it. The edges of the air can be recognized by the...

Yet another day where the weather stopped us from flying, this time we have the double whammy of a soggy airfield and the blustery wind....

After yet another weekend of non-flying weather there followed a Monday where the wind had dropped and the sun came out.  Fortunately,...

Well we all knew it would be too windy to fly today didn’t we but some of us had a good reason to be at the club this morning. If you...

Forecast on Tuesday evening showed “thick cloud” all day with a moderate wind SSW.  Arrived at the airfield to find a clear blue sky and...

Rod, found these discs lying around… They’ll work on the winch right?!? Anyone lend me some bricks?

Weather: more rain than forecast, but a little less wind Gliders put away much cleaner! Freshly washed canopy covers in place – please...

Sometimes the planets align (actually they never do as they are all on different orbital planes but I digress): A strong Nor-nor-westerly...

#badweather

It has to be admitted that 5 flights is not many but it’s the most we’ve managed on a November day so far.  It was a day for picking your...

The weather was bad, even when viewed from under a winch, so while Jeremy worked at developing a greasy ring on his trousers…. Richard...

How different November is turning out to be compared with October.  Not as wet as we’d expected but with that cloud base only the kites...

The sun was blazing down at Aston Down but I didn’t quite get there as I had left the trailer at Rivar and taken Farah instead. We landed...

Due to the fog it took a while for us to locate the airfield today! But despite the conditions a small group of hardy souls decided to...

As reported by Richard D:- “The optimists got all the gliders out and waited for the fog to lift.  Round about 1PM when it was looking a...