My Flying

Though the winch is STILL out of order (week 3) we were fortunate to have a tug driver at the airfield today. The weather was also very unusual with a slight South-Westerly and banks of high level wave like clouds slowing rolling in through the day. I… more »

The winch was still unfortunately kaput and so we could fly gliders, even though there was a good turnout of members. I took the Falke for a 50 minute spin. Talk about a frustrating flight. There were quite a few bumps that teased one into believing t… more »

I spent most of today, Saturday, working in the hangar at the airfield busy fixing and modifying the tail-dolly for the Single Astir. This is the fourth Saturday I have spent on this job and I'm almost done now. Firstly, I stripped down the old and br… more »

The started off looking promising, but this soon turned to disappointment and frustration when we realised that the winch was kaput. No amount of tinkering by any of the members managed to get it running. I took the Falke for a spin, first one circuit… more »

The turn out at the airfield today was rather small, this plus the fact that we had no winch driver meant that we could only fly the Falke. Just to get some practice in, I performed two short circuits on runway 34. The wind was a light Northerly but o… more »