Members' area

Here is a newsletter to members for the 15m Nationals to be held at Aston Down from 22nd to 30th August. The competition website is the place to go for news, results and pictures from the event.
Comp newsletter 100709.pdf

Here are some pictures from Kemble Air Show

David Roberts celebrated 40 years of gliding on Tuesday 19th May.
His first flight was 4 minutes in a T21 at Bicester.
The 40th anniversary flight was an out & return from Sisteron to Mont Blanc / Chamonix in a Duo Discus.
490km in 4h 15min.

Mike Pirie is on the mend and came to Aston Down today (26 April) for several flights.

It has come to the Committees attention that an ever increasing number of members, some very senior, are using the track by the caravans as a short cut to the cross runway / peri track. This must STOP immediately. The farmer has kindly allowed us to use this track for the purposes of towing gliders only and all other use is against the agreement. The farmer will not tolerate continued abuse of this privilege. If we lose this track for the tow out of gliders then it will be very inconvenient for everyone. If you have any queries, please speak to a member of the Committee.

Chris H (and Chris G, out of shot fitting the potentiometers to the control rods) hard at work fitting out the cockpit...

The priming and paint work on the simulator was completed by Chris Huck last weekend with impressive results! Work can now begin on fitting the instrument flat screen and the switch panel, together with the final connections for the potentiometers (the interface between the controls and the joystick controller). When we can get the wiring complete, we're hoping to perform the "first flight" towards the end of the easter weekend.

Lara Small with instructor Richard Kill after her first solo

David Roberts has again been to the wave camp at Vågå.

More pictures here. See if you can spot David pretending to be a glider.

Start time for the lectures is 7.15.

Richard Kill has offered to lay on nibbles for £3 per head.