The trick was to launch in the first part of the day – anyone launching after 14:00 got little more than circuits. A modest turnout and...

A busy day at the Gibbet

Certainly a lot quieter day than the previous Sunday – maybe due to it being Fathers Day or could some have been distracted by events...

The Puchacz resisted rigging for a while, but finally yielded to the menaces of the half a dozen people fighting with it. Rodney waited...

How could I know when I arrived on the airfield the the grass, which seems to be growing at an inch a day, would cause us so much grief....

With reasonable soaring conditions, 3 booked trial lessons, plenty of ab initios and 3 sets of instructor checks to get through and only...

Good call on Colin’s part to move wet Wednesday to thermic Thursday. That said, the sky looked good but the thermals proved elusive with...

The last day of spring was one of those days where it tried to be soarable but it just wasnt really, by which i mean it was and we did...

Sadly, continuous light rain kept the toys inside. However, the monthly guillotine checks were done under the winch shelter. The swallows...

A mini one man expedition to visit the Dumfries and District Gliding club on Sunday 18th. This club is decidedly off-the-beaten-track –...

I suppose one has to feel sorry for the folks burden by wok and unable to get out to play on such a day. From 11:00 to 13:30 everything...

Latest video from the expedition to Portmoak is here: Phil

An excess of wind (20 mph westerly gusting 40 mph) put paid to any hope of flying. Even so about a dozen folks turned up from as far...

For our first Trial Lesson Evening of the year help members of 3rd Winchester Scouts to progress their aviation badges. Not the best of...

Winch cable changed Soaring done Nimbus fettled* Managed to only spend 2 figures at the garden centre* Roast dinner* What did you do? (*...

Bank Holiday weekends often suffer from a lack of members and this one likely to be more so with the returning expedition participants...

With precious few people operating on the ground, only the tireless efforts of Steve G on the winch and Pablo at one time both retrieving...

As I write this most members who came up to Portmoak are now back down south.  Trevor and I are towing the remaining gliders back later...

Meanwhile, south of the border, Wednesday is a flying day – and a quite reasonable looking one at that. I should maybe qualify that by...

As the locals predicted Tuesday was going to be a ridge day. With a light SW wind we were a little pessimistic of how it would perform...