Day Four-Monday The weather looks much the same as yesterday but even more humid. Separate but overlapping tasks are set with Standard...

Pete Smith in the Nimbus, Carol and Phil in the Janus and I was in my LS7. Pete was first to launch while Carol, Phil and myself stood...

A pilot who landed at Wroughton His fifty K thereby did shorten His return to the fold was really quite bold But the trailer was...

I must be tough on Bill C – turn up at the airfield with a reasonable day in prospect to be faced with the dilemma “rig the Duo Discuss...

Busy day – several T/Ls plus returns, together with several recent new members – good to see! Cloud base later over 4000 feet. Jim...

Richard (who was kept busy soaring lots of two seaters all day) suggested with a telephoto lens we could survey the carnage at didcot. As...

A good day was anticipated and 6 private gliders rigged. However, they sat on the ground for the first 3 hours as club gliders mostly...

We had read the Lasham forecast, including Jon G who had taken the day off work based on what it promised – which ended with “Should be...

Sunday 20th July 2014 Having finally worked out how to operate a calendar I arrived to find that the club was already operating, (thanks...

There were those who looked at the forecast and decided that it wouldn’t be very good until the afternoon. Then there were those, like...

A very pleasant evening on which to welcome the MS Society who came along for a Trial Lesson Evening. A smaller group than planned as...

If you like a bit of rough this was the day for you. After a weather check flight Colin declared it a “bronze and beyond” day for flying...

A couple of weeks ago a couple turned for half day courses. One of them was armed with a GoPro camera and took this video....

Seems my video software as a useful screen capture setting!

Has your club clothing shrunk in the wash? Is it covered in rings of grease from rigging? Have you had it since 1985? Is it covered in...

Luckily the forecasted showers in the afternoon failed to materialise so we managed to get a full day of gliding in. With the westerly...

With a promising looking day forecast there was a flurry of rigging activity, including those “on a mission”. Justin B for Silver...

Not exactly the day that the ‘met’ promised. Cu from horizon to horizon, but top cover gradually increasing throughout the day. En route...

First launch, straight into a thermal and off to Hungerford. Tony C mentions that this is the furthest he’s flown from the club, I...

Good looking cu to south and to the north (out of reach) but we had a pretty sky on offer. Nobody rushing to rig and launch with little...