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pdinham
Jun 25, 20151 min read
Wednesday 24th June
What a difference to the previous Wednesday – thermic from the start. Cloud base starting off three times higher than the previous...
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pdinham
Jun 25, 20151 min read
Wednesday 17th June
This time the “weather gods” did not smile on Wednesday. Any other day of the week would have been a far better day to fly. We were...
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pdinham
Jun 15, 20151 min read
Sunday 15th June
What a nice day’s flying we had today in defiance of the weather forecast! Soarable from first launch all through the day, Liz and Jim...
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pdinham
Jun 10, 20151 min read
Wednesday 10th June
Paul B took the first launch in the K8 and stayed airborne while others did circuits. His 1:04 flight became the time to beat but no one...
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pdinham
Jun 8, 20151 min read
We got a bit worried…
…when we saw Alan flying past the airfield at 1,500ft 4hr 30mins into his 5 hour attempt. We shouldn’t have as he landed an hour later to...
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pdinham
May 29, 20151 min read
25th May-Open Day
With 55 flights flown during the day our instructors and gliders were kept quite busy. First flight was at 8:48am and the last took off...
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pdinham
May 27, 20151 min read
Tow out bars
Last night Rod and I modified both the K13 and K8 tow bars so that they are now foldable and should now easily fit into the back of our...
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pdinham
May 24, 20151 min read
Sunday 24th May
With the launching being from the northern end of the airfield we managed to get in about 13 launches before needing to stop to allow...
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pdinham
May 21, 20151 min read
Wednesday 20th May
The good news was that the wheel box clogging cut grass had been cleared from the north end of the field. The bad news was that grass at...
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pdinham
May 19, 20151 min read
Saturday 16th May
By late morning the thermals were working well with Duty Instructor Ken Porter reporting 6 knot climbs during his weather check flight so...
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pdinham
May 19, 20151 min read
Sunday 17th – Grassed-up
Not up to the previous day but some soaring was possible. However, we probably spent more time clearing wheel boxes which got clogged...
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pdinham
May 17, 20151 min read
Wednesday 13th
The photo shows the launch point for much of the day. No shortage of gliders with 4 club gliders in operation and 4 private gliders...
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pdinham
May 14, 20151 min read
Thursday 7th May
The weather man was spot on this week with Wednesday utter rubbish and Thursday fairly promising. Always a risk moving from Wednesday...
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pdinham
May 9, 20151 min read
Bank Holiday Monday
Bank Holidays can be days when hardly anyone appears to fly, but not this one. 20 people turned out and flew, including Duty...
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pdinham
May 3, 20151 min read
Wednesday 29th April
Arriving at the club there felt like there was something missing – I then realised there was no film crew. Just as well as the weather...
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pdinham
May 3, 20151 min read
Saturday 25th April
I guess folks had been taking notice of the weather forecast as there was quite a modest turnout. Well I hoped they enjoyed their...
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pdinham
May 3, 20151 min read
Sunday 26th April
Despite an unpromising start the low cloud base and drizzle was forecast to clear so we kept ourselves entertained chatting about field...
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pdinham
May 2, 20151 min read
Shalbourne Gliding @ Sutton Bank
With spectacular scenery and great company we’ve settled into life at the Bank. Full breakfast, followed by tea and laughing then onto...
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pdinham
May 2, 20151 min read
Sutton Bank day one
First day of flying at Sutton Bank today with many hours flown. With cumulus in abundance and a 10kt NNE wind we aerotowed off 02....
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