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The tug is out of service due to a cracked exhaust manifold 25th June 2019

After the carburettor repair the tug has unfortunately developed another problem. After towing on Saturday I found a fine crack in the port exhaust manifold. This has put it out of service until it can be repaired. I have an appointment with a CAA approved welder, near Winchester on Friday morning so if all goes […]

Mark Player

Super Saturday 22nd June 2019

Great club attendance today and a chance for several to do some interesting flights in good conditions. Dan Weston couldn’t quite make the jump to Aston Down for his 50K, but Alastair went to Snowdon O/R for a 500K. Several other 200s and 300s flown with lots of time in the air for those honing […]

Mike Thorne

One good flying day this flying week. 22nd June 2019

At last a decent flying day on the final day of the flying week. 43 flights, several club gliders flying for over 2 hours and up to nearly 5000 above site. Several good XCs flown, the most heroic undoubtedly being Steve Lambourne’s 8 hour 500k attempt which ended with a turbo return after 460k flown. […]

Mike Thorne

50km Attempt Number 2 / Sunday 16/06/19 18th June 2019

Hi all, First time using the blog so apologies if I get anything wrong. Saturday is looking like a reasonable day to try and go further than 49.73km, so I was looking for some help to come rescue me if all goes wrong on this attempt. I would be extremely grateful if people are ok […]

Daniel Weston

Flying week. Monday’s XC coaching 17th June 2019

Low cloud and breezy. Not much opportunity to coach or be coached in the air today, although some classroom work took place this morning. The cloud lifted after mid-day and we flew 10 local flights and a motor glider trip. Tuesday’s forecast is dire so the day is scrubbed. Possible thunderstorms and lots of rain. […]

Mike Thorne

A Wet Weds enables much fettling 12th June 2019

The grass gets ever greener as the rain continues to fall. It might have been flyable about 16.00! Lots of private fettling, sticking bits back on, getting radios working, a K6 asleep on its side in the workshop with Geoff stroking it lovingly. Ahhh. The glider battery charging arrangements have been upgraded today. We now […]

Mike Thorne

Sunday 09/06/19 at the Park. “A short story about a memorable flight”. 10th June 2019

Good evening fellow aviators. As an addition to our blogs usual flying updates, I thought I would share you with you a short story about a memorable flight I enjoyed on Sunday. It was mid afternoon on a day that had seen some good soaring between rain showers. Chris Basham was on Winch duty, and […]

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Wednesday 5th June 6th June 2019

With a reasonable forecast and a promise of some soaring the day turned out to be an unusual day of virtually 8/8 dark cloud with some potential good looking dark areas of cloud streets. Mike T in the motor glider (engine off naturally) flew the Street out to Henstridge and back. Most of found the […]

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Another one of those convergences at The Park. 5th June 2019

I had a nice little run in the motor glider, engine off, under a long convergence line this afternoon. I ran it from The Park to Henstridge Airfield and back at between 2500 and 3000 ft. I could have kept on going but was time limited. Can’t load video files this big on the Blog […]

Mike Thorne

Dorset Gliding Club at Risk 3rd June 2019

Bad news for our colleagues at Dorset Gliding Club; their landowner has decided to sell the airfield. The club is trying to raise money to buy the field and have already raised a considerable amount towards the cost. Inevitably they need more and have started a crowd funding page to try to raise funds. The […]

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