At this time of year making the most of a potential flying day is important not least when we have had several weeks of damp and/or windy weather resulting in…

After the recent biblical rains, I was half expecting to see a boat perched on North Hill. Instead, the early birds had already started the club gliders' Daily Inspections, eager…

A chilly but bright morning greeted the early morning members arriving at North Hill today. Gliders and ground equipment were readied early, prior to briefing at 9:00am with Duty Instructor James…

Sub zero and blue sky was optimistically on the cards, and that is what we had at daybreak, and frost on the ground.  Gliders out of the hangar and sun…

Sadly once again the club was very quiet due to the poor forecast. The lecture room was in use all day however as our next two basic instructor trainees were…

 Yesterday’s sniff of a good forecast (well flyable) followed by Duty Instructor Mike Sloggett posting positively on What’s app suggested an early arrival time to get to the front of…