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Monday 26 August – hot! but busy
No dramatic new solos today but solo consolidation by Beanie and great progress from the SUGC team flying 2-seaters. It was hot!! and it...
pdinham
Aug 26, 20191 min read
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Wednesday 21st August
There has been a distinct lack of blog entries for a while but then the weather has been rubbish. Even with a good Bank Holiday weekend...
pdinham
Aug 23, 20192 min read
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Hot, Hot, Hot
Turned out Wednesday 24th July wasn’t as hot as yesterday and not as hot as tomorrow, which is forecast to possibly top the August 2003...
pdinham
Jul 25, 20191 min read
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Wednesday 10th July
A pleasant summers day with mixed results on the soaring front. Out of the three dozen launches just a dozen managed more then 30...
pdinham
Jul 16, 20191 min read
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Saturday 6th July, Denzel finally flies!
Many thanks to SUGC for the loan of Denzel! After some work by Andy and the team to get it into fine fettle it was finally launched...
pdinham
Jul 8, 20191 min read
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More champers!
A day that started with a 05:30 run to Heathrow didn’t bode well for a good day’s gliding. But with ‘Brownie points’ securely in the bank...
pdinham
Jul 4, 20191 min read
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Saturday 29th June
Congratulations to Andrew and Jonty for completing their BI course with Patrick earlier today. Thanks to everyone who has helped with...
pdinham
Jun 29, 20191 min read
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22nd and 23rd June
What a contrast between the two days On saturday 4 gliders averaged 300km flights, with 217, N and 737 all getting round tasks to the...
pdinham
Jun 25, 20191 min read
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SUGC Training Day
After winch problems postponed the first attempt, SUGC finally had a very successful training day on Thursday with 10 SUGC people...
pdinham
Jun 8, 20192 min read
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Sunday 19 May
Lesson of the day – NEVER believe a bad weather forecast. It was soarable all day and cloudbase got high enough that you could easily go...
pdinham
May 19, 20191 min read
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Sunday 12th May
What a day! With a silver tinge – height for Charles McC; duration for Bob S and distance for Steve G. Between the 4 club gliders and...
pdinham
May 13, 20192 min read
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Time for a change…
… of cable. Wednesday 13th May was forecast wet and entirely unsuitable for flying, Thursday not looking a great deal better. A call...
pdinham
May 13, 20191 min read
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Shalbourne take on the inter club league
Day 1 was a head to head between Shalbourne and Bicester pilots. Strong winds made conditions challenging but both Alex J. and Tim R....
pdinham
May 8, 20191 min read
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Sunny side of the street – Saturday
For those that were lucky to have a good launch – 2000 feet plus in JPC solo, a stroll down the street was a delight. Passed a small hail...
pdinham
May 5, 20191 min read
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A different kind of Easter
A bum deal all round If you’ve been wondering what’s been going on, here’s a digest of events. Round 1 The winch engine, which had been...
pdinham
Apr 21, 20192 min read
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13th and 14th April
Hmmm Easterly, our second least favourite wind of all the winds. Thankfully on both days a touch of north allowed us to launch until...
pdinham
Apr 15, 20191 min read
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pdinham
Apr 12, 20190 min read
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Wednesday 3rd April
The sky looked promising, the winch didn’t; the launch point has a working door and the bare patch got re-seeded After the problems with...
pdinham
Apr 4, 20191 min read
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Saturday 30th March
Good day today for many reasons. Firstly John Douglass and Alex James both successfully gained their BI ratings after flying with Patrick...
pdinham
Mar 31, 20191 min read
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Wednesday 27th March
It was soarable from 11:30 to 16:30 and Stephen had gone moving furniture to the Principality! By 13:00 all seven aircraft were airborne...
pdinham
Mar 28, 20191 min read
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