Alas I had a poorly stomach, I could have flown if I were thirty seconds away from a loo, which is quite difficult in a glider. Still,...

…which as you know was a classic example of a windy but storming 500k day. I too have a tale to tell from that day and I’ll digress from...

I write this sat on the banks of the Elbe, 80p pint of Urquell in hand looking up at the remains of the days 5000ft cu. Mountains rise...

Sunday provided those who turned up with some very good climbs. Flights above 4000ft were the norm with some quite good climbs. Pete...

What a day of promises and hopes. RASP looked as though it was the best day of the year, which for many it was. I decided to pop down to...

After launching the first 3 gliders there was a trip to the hangar to collect the remaining 2 club gliders. First flight was 54 minutes...

A day when sensible folks would stay at home and restock brownie points – fortunately, we had enough members not that sensible (or...

Today Rod Harris and myself collected the newly fabricated chassis from Newbury which will be used to mount the Tost winch from the old...

With the promise of a good day’s gliding and with the help of the early birds and the Puch’s new one man tow out gear the first launch...

Sweet!

Well, it’s Easter, the schools are out, some are thinking of a short holiday and some of flying. Typically the forecast looks like its a...

Forecast not at all encouraging but a sufficient number of “Wednesday boys” turned out anyway. It felt as if we had returned to January...

We got off to a good start with some early soaring under little cu, which fooled everyone into thinking it was going to be a cracking day....

Let’s see now: Mon weather: CAVOK (cloud and visibility OK) Tue weather: CAVOK Wed weather: CAVOK Thu weather: CAVOK Fri weather: CAVOK...

and with the sunny day came the inversion (at just over 2,000′). That didn’t stop the “Wednesday boys” packing in the launches – all 38...

As Pete mentioned earlier, well done to Steve Gaze for converting to the Sport Vega, hope you have as much fun flying it as the rest of...

So why would anyone bring quiche for a BBQ? “No! More meat!” I protested but Claire was adamant. “How am i supposed to burn, err cook...

It may have been the day before the clocks “spring forward” for summer but the weather was more like June than March. Last Sunday I was...

A steady day with only limited soaring on offer. Rob J set the time to beat on the 4th launch with 21 minutes. That wasn’t beaten until...

Technically spring isn’t for a couple of weeks but anyone who turned out to fly on Sunday was rewarded with another lovely day, warm...