My Flying

Five enjoyable short winter flights with instructor F(2). The first two were from 08R in very calm conditions, so we flew very long shallow approaches. Felt a little odd, as I am more used to the higher steeper approaches when the wind is blowing. We… more »

So I arrive at 9:15 am. Not a sole in sight. Moments later another member arrives and he gives me a quick 20 minute pax flight in his Lambada motor glider. Awesome aeroplane. Climbs like a demon. At about 5500 ft, just above cloud level, he turns back an… more »

Day started off wet, rainy and cold, but I needed to be at the airfield for a committee meeting at 9:00 am. By the time the meeting had ended the sun was out and there was a very slight south-easterly blowing so it was Go for flying. At 12:30pm we sta… more »

Lovely weather outside this morning, they are talking about 24°C, but I need to attend to some things at home today. :'( So here I sit, waiting for trouble to arrive, late as usual. more »

A very decent winter's day, with some interesting weather resulting in some excellent lift around the airfield. One glider was up for 110 minutes and only returned because it was getting late. This is very impressive considering that the ridge wasn't use… more »