With Wednesday's flying cancelled due to strong wind and rain there was a mad rush to de-rig a couple of private gliders before the first named storm Austen arrives on…

An optimistic note of the likely weather for today resulted in a very full Clubhouse, and no surprise a long flying/training list. Fortunately just after the morning briefing had started…

 A strong high pressure presented the club with clear skies today, but also with much colder temperatures than we've seen of late as well as a brisk north easterly wind…

We opened the club this Friday on Mike Sloggett’s initiative to welcome twelve members of the Exeter University Aviation Society for a day of First Flights, combined with club flying.…

In gliding there is an often used comment of “You should have been here yesterday” and today was undoubtedly one of those days. The forecast was for grey skies and a…

A Slow Start, but Eventually We Got Flying! - It was a promising start to the day as I left home to clear skies and great visibility. However, on arrival…

Cloudbase was a little low and varied somewhat throughout the day, but did not preclude our instructors, James Flory, Peter Smith, Simon Minson and Ian Mitchell from maximising the flying…

The forecast for Saturday had changed constantly during the week, leaning towards a cool, damp, unpromising, autumnal day. This, together with seasonal illness, probably explained the thin attendance at the…