My Flying

Though the winch is STILL out of order (week 3) we were fortunate to have a tug driver at the airfield today. The weather was also very unusual with a slight South-Westerly and banks of high level wave like clouds slowing rolling in through the day. I… more »

The winch was still unfortunately kaput and so we could fly gliders, even though there was a good turnout of members. I took the Falke for a 50 minute spin. Talk about a frustrating flight. There were quite a few bumps that teased one into believing t… more »

The started off looking promising, but this soon turned to disappointment and frustration when we realised that the winch was kaput. No amount of tinkering by any of the members managed to get it running. I took the Falke for a spin, first one circuit… more »

Now here’s what I really enjoyed about today. I arrived at the airfield and for once there were enough people to get the operations going without my assistance. After I had given them some direction, they managed to get everything ready and had… more »