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pdinham
Jan 6, 20161 min read
New Year – No Change
After a couple of dry days the Wednesday faithful’s hoped for the chance to fly but it was not to be. The weather brightened up in the...
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pdinham
Dec 30, 20151 min read
More on the 29th
Rod took the opportunity to finish off his new improved breaking system. He then drove it all day and gave us excellent launches (except...
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pdinham
Dec 30, 20151 min read
Team Effort
Much mud, but the old Landrover did the most work! Sincere thanks to Phil who checked three of us out to continue instructing next year,...
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pdinham
Dec 26, 20151 min read
Merry Christmas
Can’t think why this mug found its way under the Christmas tree. Almost at the end of the worst (least opportunity to fly) November and...
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pdinham
Dec 23, 20151 min read
What a glorious day
The 23rd had the best weather, by far, in December. The kites were out soaring but (sigh) we were stuck on the ground. In my case I was...
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pdinham
Dec 21, 20151 min read
Sound advice?
“When flying try to stay in the middle of the air. Do not go near the edges of it. The edges of the air can be recognized by the...
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pdinham
Dec 19, 20151 min read
Saturday 19th December
Yet another day where the weather stopped us from flying, this time we have the double whammy of a soggy airfield and the blustery wind....
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pdinham
Dec 10, 20151 min read
Wednesday 9th December
After yet another weekend of non-flying weather there followed a Monday where the wind had dropped and the sun came out. Fortunately,...
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pdinham
Dec 5, 20151 min read
Saturday 5th Dec
Well we all knew it would be too windy to fly today didn’t we but some of us had a good reason to be at the club this morning. If you...
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pdinham
Dec 3, 20151 min read
Wednesday 2nd December
Forecast on Tuesday evening showed “thick cloud” all day with a moderate wind SSW. Arrived at the airfield to find a clear blue sky and...
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pdinham
Nov 26, 20151 min read
Will these discs work on the winch?
Rod, found these discs lying around… They’ll work on the winch right?!? Anyone lend me some bricks?
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pdinham
Nov 25, 20151 min read
We tried! Wed 25/11/15
Weather: more rain than forecast, but a little less wind Gliders put away much cleaner! Freshly washed canopy covers in place – please...
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pdinham
Nov 22, 20151 min read
Ridging on Saturday
Sometimes the planets align (actually they never do as they are all on different orbital planes but I digress): A strong Nor-nor-westerly...
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pdinham
Nov 12, 20151 min read
Wednesday 11th – we flew!
It has to be admitted that 5 flights is not many but it’s the most we’ve managed on a November day so far. It was a day for picking your...
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pdinham
Nov 8, 20151 min read
Sun 8th – dull but useful
The weather was bad, even when viewed from under a winch, so while Jeremy worked at developing a greasy ring on his trousers…. Richard...
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pdinham
Nov 6, 20151 min read
Wednesday 4th November
How different November is turning out to be compared with October. Not as wet as we’d expected but with that cloud base only the kites...
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pdinham
Nov 2, 20151 min read
Sunday 1st November
The sun was blazing down at Aston Down but I didn’t quite get there as I had left the trailer at Rivar and taken Farah instead. We landed...
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pdinham
Nov 1, 20151 min read
Sunday 1st November
Due to the fog it took a while for us to locate the airfield today! But despite the conditions a small group of hardy souls decided to...
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pdinham
Nov 1, 20151 min read
Sunday 1st November
As reported by Richard D:- “The optimists got all the gliders out and waited for the fog to lift. Round about 1PM when it was looking a...
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