The words “interesting” and “character forming” were ones heard around the airfield today. 90 degree crosswind and lots of it. Colin...

Nigel took this photo of the Vega after his Silver distance flight to Parham. Nice photo and great flight well done! Who’s next for a...

A great days gliding in september… Firstly congratulation to Nigel Burt on his 90km silver distance flight to the seaside (Parham) in...

The forecast was for cold front passage late morning. So we decided we’d turn up about lunchtime and fly in the afternoon. The few of us...

After waiting for the rain to stop we finally got going at 12.30 and despite the lack of useable lift Liz flew one of her friends in JMX...

Not the most promising of weather but a few people managed extended flights of an hour or more in the afternoon. Very nice to see a new...

Carol and I had planned to do Didcot then onto Glastonbury but strong winds and deteriorating conditions meant that we abandoned the task...

Soaring for all during rapidly cycling conditions. Cross country for those that tried but with most falling back from tasked routes due...

Forecast through the week was for Saturday to be OK and Sunday rubbish. In the event no flying Saturday and the forecast on Saturday for...

…sometimes you make the right one, sometimes you don’t. (the cloud didn’t work!)

The day started with a burst of enthusiasm – 4 club gliders pulled out and 5 private gliders rigged. Then everyone stood around and...

Sat at work, looking out at the complete cloud cover and suspecting I didn’t miss as much as was promised… But doubtless those who flew...

Congratulations to James Hunneman who today heeded advice (not that he really needed it) and flew off in the Vega in search of the...

This July we managed more launches (all 9 of them) than last year and more flying time than either the last 2 years. The later quiet an...

Only 4 members turned up but we still had an enjoyable day. Not a day for that big XC with cloudbase not much more than 2,000′ all day...

Well Tuesday was tough, the sort of day when out and return to Burbage was an achievement – some did achieve, and others enjoyed some...

Colin said: We went soaring We went cross country. RIV-BIC-BUL-RIV. Two landed out, one got round. More tomorrow? Before landing at...

Congratulations to Nigel who converted to the Sport Vega for his first solo glass machine in his logbook. Earlier he practiced for a...

After conditions improved a bit I thought that as I was at 3000ft over Chute Causeway I would fly to Andover and take a few photos of my...

Bob said: Despite a humid start, thermals up to 5 knots were available to 3000 feet. Sadly only two gliders were out due to the lack of...