A calm Saturday morning with autumn high pressure in place and therefore fog and no wind. A good group of members arrived anticipating that the fog would clear by late…

The final planned flying day of our week at the Long Mynd began as a bit of a damp squib, as Jack Sewell reports: “The day started when we walked…

Wednesday's forecast was almost right - apart from the wind direction, the cloudbase and the level of sunshine! The wind was more south than expected, the cloudbase was lower than…

Today we had the pleasure of meeting the duty instructor Mark (Butch) Butcher. Mark is a very experienced aerobatic instructor as Kai was able to confirm later in the day!…

At the start of the day we were up bright and early to rig the DG-505 and the day started with high hopes for a reasonable ridge day at the…

The forecast cloudbase confirmed that Monday would be the third consecutive non-flying day of the trip, but nevertheless we made the most of it. The plan was to go to…

Along with the change back to GMT, the heavy rains which cancelled Saturday flying transitioned on Sunday to scattered showers and a brisk westerly wind. Four Exeter students augmented the…

The day started with lots of talking and hope of flying possibly early morning / afternoon. First a briefing by the Duty Instructor on circuit direction, ridge rules and general…