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What a Day of Supprises
Well what a Day Saturday was. Busy day with loads going on and lots of trial lessons and members going up. Followed by a visitor dropping...
pdinham
Oct 2, 20111 min read
Saturday 24th September
Wind straight up the strip but cloud cover (not as forecast) meant starting off the day not being able to take a full launch. Small...
pdinham
Sep 25, 20111 min read
Saturday 17th September
I guess most members had seen the weather forecast and decided to stay at home so we were somewhat short-handed, so, we pitched in to...
pdinham
Sep 18, 20111 min read
Sunday 18th September
After setting up the airfield early the rain arrived and departed as forecasted. We flew 3 trial lessons and between showes managed some...
pdinham
Sep 18, 20111 min read
Wednesday 14th September
After the run of scrubbed days it was good to have a flyable day in prospect – even with a lively cross-wind. Second launch, with Carol...
pdinham
Sep 18, 20111 min read


Slingsby week
A few of us had a good time at Sutton Bank a week or two ago at the Slingsby week. Alan P took the Skylark (clearly eligible), Rod took...
pdinham
Sep 11, 20111 min read


Sunday pic
Here is a pic that Chris took on his short xc in the LS7 when he flew down to top up his psychic energy over Avebury and Silbury Hill…
pdinham
Sep 5, 20111 min read
Sunday 4 Sept
Well, after a wet start to the day it cleared through pretty much as forecast – well, perhaps a little later – to give what eventually...
pdinham
Sep 4, 20111 min read
Wednesday 24th August
The day started with Rivar Hill in a big blue hole with no one rushing to take the first flight. Bob B declared that it must be working...
pdinham
Aug 24, 20111 min read
Sunday 22nd August
Arrived to find the field arready set-up by the insomniacs but we then sat around as no one keen to just fly circuits. With the...
pdinham
Aug 24, 20111 min read


The Thermal is to your left Pete
Sunday Soaring what a great way to pass the day…. Jim M decided to do some aerobatics with Pete S before the TL’s started and I got a...
pdinham
Aug 15, 20111 min read


Sunday 14th August
Upon seeing that the Puchacz was staying up and even climbing on its first launch of the day Carol and I set ourselves Nympsfield-Newbury...
pdinham
Aug 15, 20111 min read
Saturday 13 August
With 5 members (4 of whom were instructors) and a low cloud base it did not bode well. However, Tim (duty instructor) had a plan – drink...
pdinham
Aug 13, 20111 min read


pdinham
Aug 13, 20110 min read


Task Week Day 3
Initially the weather looked good for a few 50k attempts but things soon changed for the worse. Never the less James Hunneman in the...
pdinham
Aug 4, 20111 min read
Task Week Day 2
After yesterdays multiple flights today’s conditions were no where near as good but that didn’t mean that we did not go XC. Colin very...
pdinham
Aug 4, 20111 min read


Task week day 1
The week started off well with the Nimbus. Ls3 and Janus all getting round multiple 100k+ flights. Jim set off for RIV, LA5, DID, RIV...
pdinham
Aug 2, 20111 min read


Jenny from the block (weekend of 30/31 July)
on Saturday Richard announced his retirement from gliding, after all once you have flown with a celebrity as famous as J-Lo what else...
pdinham
Aug 1, 20111 min read


pdinham
Jul 29, 20110 min read
Saturday 23rd July
The day started looking good – too good, too early. Sure enough, by the time we were ready to launch it was filling in and signs of top...
pdinham
Jul 26, 20111 min read
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