Shalbourne Gliding Blog

After winch problems postponed the first attempt, SUGC finally had a very successful training day on Thursday with 10 SUGC people descending on Shalbourne.  The […]

Lesson of the day – NEVER believe a bad weather forecast.  It was soarable all day and cloudbase got high enough that you could easily […]

What a day!  With a silver tinge – height for Charles McC; duration for Bob S and distance for Steve G.  Between the 4 club […]

… of cable.  Wednesday 13th May was forecast wet and entirely unsuitable for flying, Thursday not looking a great deal better.  A call was put […]

The Oxford Inter Club League was held at Bicester gliding club and Shalbourne’s keenest XC pilots put in a fantastic performance. Day 1 was a […]

For those that were lucky to have a good launch – 2000 feet plus in JPC solo, a stroll down the street was a delight. […]