As the lyric from a 1979 song goes (with a little bit of adaptation) ‘Didn’t we have a lovely time the day we went to Mendip GC?!’. Although not…

A tail of two ends. The forecast was for a South South East wind which would normally require a long walk to the West end of the field to launch…

The art of predicting the weather (far too many contradicting forecasts) on flying days seems to have eluded most if not all of the Duty Instructors recently, often resulting in…

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…