Spring

Spring has sprung and Bath Wilts & N Dorset (BWND) members enjoyed the warm sunshine ☀️ and some good flying 👍

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Friday 29th July 29th July 2022
Many thanks to Graham Hoile for organising at the last minute, a flying day today, Doug for running the wings and Clive acting as LPC Ten pilots launched in the blue wondering what the day held, but very soon Cu appeared with a base of over 5000ft, and eventually went to nearly 7000. It was […]
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July Flying Week at the Park 😎. 24th July 2022
Greetings Aviators 😎. We were treated to a very pleasant Flying Week at the Park this week 🙂. The weather wasn’t stellar for soaring, but we made the most of the week’s opportunities 🙂. We kept busy in the workshop 🙂. We drank lots of tea 🙂. We kept cool at the Launch Point 😎. […]
Damien
Monday 11th July 11th July 2022
The forecast of a really good day attracted half a dozen members to grab an extra day’s flying today, and many thanks to Gordon for flying the tug and Clive for helping with the launching. Top cover came in mid afternoon and caused an early shutdown, but for several hours cloudbase was over 6000ft and […]
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Another wonderful Flying Week at the Park 20th June – 24th June 😎. 24th June 2022
Good evening Aviators 😎. We were treated to another wonderful Flying Week at the Park this week 🙂. Glorious sunshine and gentle winds fueled an abundance of local soaring opportunities, as well as successful Cross Country pursuits, and a first solo flight for Peter E? Congratulations Peter, you will remember that flight always 🙂 👍🏻. […]
Damien
Congratulations 21st June 2022
Well done Peter Everall on going solo (twice) today.
John Hull
Trial of my fibreglass go-pro mount for the wing of M3 12th June 2022
The trial went well and I have some nice videos. I was unable to upload a video clip due to it being too large a file. I followed all the advice from the BGA with respect to mount cameras to gliders and constructed a bespoke fibreglass mount that fixes securely to the wing and has […]
Mark Player
Mid-Week Marvels at the Park 01st June – 03rd June 😎. 3rd June 2022
Good evening Aviators 😎. Thanks to Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth II we had an extended run of fantastic mid-week flying days to enjoy this week. Thank you Ma’am 🙂. The weather was wonderful for late Spring, with plenty of sunshine, gentle winds, and an abundance of soaring opportunities. Our trainers had a very productive […]
Damien
More from the VGC Rally 24th May 2022
Stuart flying Bluebird View from above, both pictures taken by Justin Wills
John Hull
Untitled 24th May 2022
T21 pictures courtesy of David Camp, look away if flying without a canopy scares you !
John Hull
Pictures from the “VGC National Rally” at the Park 😎. 22nd May 2022
Good evening fellow aviators 😎. Last week BWND hosted the “VGC National Rally”. The event was a great success and Geoff P took some sensational pictures that he asked me to put on our Blog to share with you all 🙂 👍🏻. The Soaring season is off to great start and will only get better […]
Damien