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pdinham
Mar 26, 20161 min read
(Very Good) Good Friday
As predicted Good Friday indeed turned out to be a very Good Friday! Carol and I had swapped with Jim Gavin, as he was indisposed, and by...
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pdinham
Mar 25, 20162 min read
Wednesday 23rd Murky March
Arriving at the airfield it was grey – there might even have been fifty shades of it. However many shades, it did not look like anything...
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pdinham
Mar 20, 20161 min read
Saturday 19th
Another enjoyable (but cold) day of flying at Shalbourne today. Jeremy passed his bronze flying tests, Paul P and Rob J passed their...
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pdinham
Mar 19, 20161 min read
Wednesday 16th
It all came together today at long last.the field had dried out,the club fleet was back to full complement and the wind was N.E. On the...
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pdinham
Mar 15, 20161 min read
Sunday 13th
At last the weather and transport gods aligned for members of SUGC (Southampton University Gliding Club). Having first sampled the...
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pdinham
Mar 7, 20161 min read
Sunday 6th
We managed to fly! And some of us managed to soar! By using a single cable, single glider queue and varying the tow out route we...
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pdinham
Feb 29, 20161 min read
Another good day
Flying on both days of a weekend – what a shock to the system. The biting cold NEly didn’t deter a good turnout but did mean the south...
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pdinham
Feb 29, 20161 min read
It had to happen eventually!
Saturday 27th Feb – For the first time since September 2015 I turned up and the weather gave us a break! Looking at the sky clearing from...
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pdinham
Feb 25, 20161 min read
Wednesday Feb 24th
For only the second day in February were we able to fly – but what a day! Climbs to 3,600′; 40 launches; over 9 hours of flying; 26...
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pdinham
Feb 17, 20162 min read
After the Fludde
A strange craft is rumoured to have appeared atop the airfield. But another couple of weeks and we’ll be into the soaring season and...
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pdinham
Feb 10, 20161 min read
10th Feb 2016
Sacrificial appeasement of the soaring gods -thermals? dry field? A few members failed to ascend Rivar Hill, despite our attempts to dry...
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pdinham
Feb 3, 20161 min read
Wednesday 3rd February
We flew! Hooray. Flying 2 up was the order of the day with a lively WNW. Most of he flights being 5 minutes. After prising Rodney off...
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pdinham
Jan 21, 20161 min read
Pick of the Year
Today’s Newbury Weekly News includes a pull-out “Community Yearbook” the is “Celebrating a year in the life of our community in 2015...
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pdinham
Jan 21, 20161 min read
Wednesday Boys Aviate
Thanks to an overnight temperature of -6 (or there abouts) the airfield was firm and suitable for driving around on and, more...
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pdinham
Jan 17, 20161 min read
shalbourne soaring-flying report 16th.jan 2016
Finally a day arrived when we could get the toys out and get airborne. With a north westerly wind blowing it meant that the winch could...
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pdinham
Jan 17, 20161 min read
Meanwhile back at the Ranch…….
Yes, there was some activity at Rivar Hill on Saturday. We rolled out JMX but only to find that an air brake fairing was loose. As Andy...
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pdinham
Jan 16, 20161 min read
Saturday 16th Jan
Not sure if flying took place at Rivar today but a small group of us went to Keevil and had a spot of aerotowing.
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pdinham
Jan 13, 20161 min read
Flying Today
Yet again another no flying day due to the water saturated ground. Whilst the Puchacz syndicate headed to Aston Down in search of a firm...
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pdinham
Jan 13, 20161 min read
Good Intention Bad Indentation
Composite structures can put up with remarkable amounts of bending and twisting, but they don’t fair as well when being squeezed or...
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