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Jan 5, 20191 min read
Saturday 5 Jan 2019
Great start to the soaring season with lots of people turning up to register their interest in the 2019 InterClub League season. It...
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pdinham
Dec 12, 20181 min read
Wednesday 12th December
Not exactly a promising day but we were able to fly. South easterly with some fairly lively turbulence on approach in the lee of the...
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pdinham
Dec 11, 20181 min read
Tuesday 4th December
Seems like we have to keep our wits about us and move “Wednesday” to more suitable days at the moment. Tuesday was the one day that...
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pdinham
Dec 8, 20181 min read
Q: What do you do on a wet December Saturday?
A: Fly your Silver Distance!!! Not many people turned up today, but with E team stalwarts Liz and Graham along with Alex and Matt from...
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pdinham
Dec 1, 20181 min read
A break in the weather
A brisk wind between fading Atlantic storms dried out the airfield and provided a welcome opportunity for flying in clear blue skies...
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pdinham
Nov 9, 20181 min read
When I were a lad…
All this youthful exuberance got me thinking back to days of sports cars, sans Mrs. B and sans mortgage. My first solo in a single-seater...
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pdinham
Nov 6, 20181 min read
SUGC at Juniors Round 1
We certainly kicked off Juniors round one with a bang! Myself (Nick), Alex, Stan, Matt, Fin, Beanie, Marie, Pete and Jim all headed up to...
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pdinham
Nov 5, 20182 min read
Wednesday 31st October
Wouldn’t want to meet one of the moles responsible for those mole hills What a splendid end to an exceptional month. Despite the shorter...
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pdinham
Nov 1, 20181 min read
Saturday 27th
During the morning we had a very large group of detectorists in the adjacent field down at the southern end of the airfield. One of them...
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pdinham
Oct 29, 20181 min read
Sunday 29th October
Too much easterly, not enough wind and thermals in the wrong place all led to Mother Nature apologising with this rainbow..
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pdinham
Oct 26, 20181 min read
Sunday 21st
Early birds BI training had a slight setback on Sunday. After 3 flights the misty foggy stuff rolled in and put a temporary halt to...
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pdinham
Oct 25, 20181 min read
Milfield Pics
What a truly amazing time was had by those members who ventured up to the Borders GC (Ex RAF Milfield) in Northumberland recently to...
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pdinham
Oct 25, 20181 min read
Wednesday 24th October
The flights may have been short but it was still a splendid day. Unseasonably warm, lots of sunshine, a gentle breeze down the strip and...
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pdinham
Oct 19, 20181 min read
Midweek Streets
Ain’t they pretty? Some debate about cloud streets on Wednesday. And as the name Tom Bradbury gained no recognition here’s what he says...
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pdinham
Oct 17, 20181 min read
Claire and Pete in Aboyne
Video & Pictures from mine and Claire’s trip to Aboyne. Flew and soared 3 days out of 6, on the middle day Aboyne had 10 diamond height...
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pdinham
Oct 15, 20181 min read
Summer returns?
At 20+ certainly summer temperatures (in the 2nd week of October!) but not summer soaring. With an ESE wind launch heights were pretty...
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pdinham
Oct 6, 20181 min read
Happy New Year
Out with the old flying year and in with the new. The last weekend of the previous year was exceptional – hopefully someone will make a...
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pdinham
Sep 28, 20182 min read
Wednesday 26th September
After a week of no flying (thanks to weather not playing ball) the warm sunny day was most welcome. However, the completely blue sky...
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pdinham
Sep 13, 20181 min read
Wednesday 12th – achievements day
The drizzle didn’t clear as forecast so briefing was set for midday. Closest thing of any relevance on the NOTAMS was the Red Arrows...
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pdinham
Sep 10, 20181 min read
Smoke on – GO!
On saturday (8th) people did the usual fun gliding stuff but then we stopped so these guys could do their thing at Highclere, afterwards,...
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