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Wednesday 29 July

The gliders were readied promptly, and flying began with some initially short flights. However, the forecast suggested that good convection would develop, and this soon began to produce some longer-duration…

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Sunday 26 July

Well what a difference a day makes! Woke this morning to cloud and drizzle, I even needed to dig out my ’emergency jumper’ from the caravan! Flying had a delayed…

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Saturday 25 July

Another busy day at North Hill, John Pursey our Duty Instructor took the briefing with a fairly long two-seater list ahead. However, achievements were completed: Richard Lean getting his yellow…

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20 – 24 July – Course Week

Wow, what a week! If you ever wanted to do a gliding course at North Hill, this was the week to do it. Soaring conditions everyday in t-shirt and shorts…

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Sunday 19 July

The run of exceptional cloudbases continues. with a bit of wave mixed in... High cloudbases and a bit of wave (Jill Harmer)There were 3 completed the Pete Startup main task…

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Saturday 18 July

By 8:30am there were only a few faces at the club checking out the ground equipment, however by the time of the briefing at 9:30am the two-seater list had grown…

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Friday 17 July – Ad Hoc Day

The Private Owners lined up on the grid for an Ad -Hoc day, with a main task set for Out and Return to Candover Church near Lasham 309kms.  Pete Startup…

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Thursday 16 July

With a 9:15 Briefing and windy/blue skies, we pulled all the gliders out of the hangar. Shortly after, the Perkoz was being rigged with its new parts. The first flights…

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