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Friday 19th April 19th April 2019

41 launches on a nice warm sunny day for a change and great flying conditions. I heard one report of a climb to 6000ft QNH. Congratulations to Gotthelf Weidermann on resoloing. I thought the booking system today was a great improvement on the old system, but members, don’t be afraid to book if you need […]

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Wednesday 17th April 18th April 2019

With the promise of good soaring day we saw 16 plus members at the morning briefing. FUY, GAM and the 3 single seaters were enthusiastically taken to the west end of the airfield with expectations of the “murk” clearing by late morning. Wrong!! Oh aren`t we all the eternal optimistic bunch of aviators! The haze […]

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Guess who flew over the bollard backwards? 11th April 2019

Aerobatics on the ground – an undignified backward roll!!!

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Wednesday 10th April 2019 11th April 2019

A very cold Wednesday morning saw some 18 club members turn out to fly during the day, amongst our usual maintenance team and “fettlers” of gliders. Two of our industrious private owners transformed the club Astir trailer from a greenish hue of accumulated alga to a very respectable white (ish), so all smart and ready […]

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Wednesday 10th April 10th April 2019

A cold dull start turned into a nice soaring afternoon. This is the first part of an aerotow taken from the back seat of the K21 on loan from Tim Dews.

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Summer not far away 8th April 2019

Mark Player

Saturday, 6th April 7th April 2019

In a cold north easterly, instructors took turns to fly the ASK21 on loan from Tim D, firstly from the back seat as PUI, then from the front as PIC with the next one in the back. That kept up the concentration of our dedicated log-keepers too! Alastair and Mark H. took a tow to […]

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Wenesday 3rd April 4th April 2019

True to British weather, after basking in the sun on Saturday and Monday, it definitely was back to the winter wear, with Alistair taking the photos of enthusiastic members taking advantage of the short window of thermal activity in the morning. First launch at 11.20 and final launch at 14.25, 13 winch launches and 6.38hrs. […]

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Wednesday 3rd April 3rd April 2019

Full winter kit today, but strong thermals to compensate until the inevitable showers came in. EZE was derigged and returned to Tim Dews and we are now looking forward to rigging and flying his K21 at the weekend.

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Saturday Soup 30th March 2019

43 flights flown today in soupy conditions with poor viz and weak thermals. It must have been good for the soul! 37 of us there for the 09.30 briefing so it was always going to be a busy day, but by careful management and the availability of Tim Dews’ EZE we flew all on the […]

Mike Thorne