My Flying

The turn out at the airfield today was rather small, this plus the fact that we had no winch driver meant that we could only fly the Falke. Just to get some practice in, I performed two short circuits on runway 34. The wind was a light Northerly but o… more »

A very pleasant day at the airfield. I took two short flights in the Single Astir as the air was pretty dead. During the first flight I found a bit of lift downwind of the airfield and managed to scrimp and scrape to about 2500 feet. The westerly wind… more »

Yet another very quiet day at the airfield. Fortunately we had enough hands to get the gliders airborne. I took three short flights in the Single Astir, on winch launches, to fly three very nice circuits. The wind was a light Westerly and my circuits… more »

Again a very quiet day at the airfield. These type of days are becoming more and more frequent and it's sad to see how our club is slowly grinding to a halt. The day started off very misty, which was actually perfect as the module on human limitations… more »