Bright blue skies from first thing and yet a day of frustration today. Yesterday’s Wednesday fliers had been disappointed with a strong wind thwarting plans to fly - the forecast…

The forecast in RASP had been uninspiring, but light southeasterly winds and sunshine were enough to ensure a sizeable and enthusiastic turnout on this Sunday morning. Ground equipment and…

With the RASP forecast predicting little thermic activity fewer members showed up than expected, But we had a full complement of booked First Flights After the gliders and vehicles were…

The Easterly wind had proved too strong on Wednesday for flying but the forecast was marginally better for Thursday. Marginally was a good description. The Wind still a strong East/South…

A day very similar to yesterday - grey skies to start the day with optimism of some thermals from early afternoon onwards. For our group it was really a question…

Well the day started with great expectation, ground vehicles DI’d and readied. New winch window inspected and an excellent job made of it. The duty instructor (Peter Smith) arrived and…

After a quiet non-flying day yesterday it was evident that today might need an element of patience - the morning briefing provided some optimism that the grey skies above Portmoak…

What a weekend….. I was looking at the weather conditions last weekend, thinking this weekend could be a good one! And as the week progressed it looked better and better!…