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Wednesday 5th September
Green has returned to the airfield With a decent flying day in prospect it’s interesting to see just how many members can get along to...
pdinham
Sep 9, 20183 min read


1st Weekend of Autumn
Liz reports “Saturday 1 Sept – Liz and Peter were privileged and delighted to fly with wartime pilots Jim Dearlove, who flew the Mosquito...
pdinham
Sep 3, 20181 min read


Nick does another 4hour 59 flight
Sat 25th August. . . . . . and another 16mins too to get his silver duration meanwhile Chris and Pete’n’nClaire landed out –...
pdinham
Aug 28, 20181 min read


Wednesday 8th August
Sky full of promise Another busy Wednesday with 22 folks taking to the air and thanks to help from Peter E and Bob B were we able to...
pdinham
Aug 10, 20181 min read


Inter-University Task Week 2018
Nick and I (Alex) spent the last week flying the mighty mighty Vega at the inter-uni task week in Nympsfield. It was pretty epic, with a...
pdinham
Aug 7, 20183 min read


4 & 5th August
Another good soarable weekend. On Saturday 737 and N headed north but abandoned their task at Oxford with it being weak and blue, heading...
pdinham
Aug 7, 20181 min read


Wednesday 1st August
A new month, a new solo. Congratulations to Paul M who celebrated in the traditional way with a round of drinks in The Plough at the end...
pdinham
Aug 3, 20181 min read


21st June, More cross country
While it was cross countryable, and we did, the visibility was very poor, so here’s a pic from Norway. https://www.facebook.com/guettler
pdinham
Jul 23, 20181 min read


A mega 14th and 15th
Strong thermals and high cloudbases. It could be diffciult to get away from low down but once you were away it was great. I was duty on...
pdinham
Jul 16, 20181 min read


Wednesday 11th July
Another busy Wednesday – some great lift but big areas of 4 to 6 down. Those launching into those sink holes were back on the ground...
pdinham
Jul 13, 20181 min read


7th and 8th of July
…was a really nice weekend! Good climbs, maybe a little blue but generally good Cu around. On Saturday Chris did 417k, Jim 305k, Andrew...
pdinham
Jul 9, 20181 min read


Wednesday 4th July
On Sunday after a couple of dozen launches the winch gave up the ghost. James H was quickly on the case on Monday when he removed the...
pdinham
Jul 7, 20182 min read


Wednesday 27th June
Busy blue day with circuits being the order of the day. Lots of areas of 4+ sink but without the compensating lift – what little lift...
pdinham
Jul 2, 20181 min read


Midweek 13th June
I arrived on the airfield fashionably late amid comments of, “mmm – looks like the rain will be early”. But despite the grey veil that...
pdinham
Jun 14, 20182 min read


Sunday 10 June
the nimbo trailer nears completion… meanwhile Liz reports:- “Well, it was a slow start in the murk – but then a nice soaring day today....
pdinham
Jun 11, 20181 min read


Cutting it close…
There was no shortage of adventurous pilots getting ready for cross-country flying on Sunday. I (Nick J) had my eyes set on the silver...
pdinham
Jun 4, 20182 min read


Wednesday 23rd
The wind sock said it all – wind direction just right; wind strength enough. The ridge will be working, So, Bob B took the first launch...
pdinham
May 30, 20181 min read
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