September is usually the last month of the year in which thermal cross countries can be confidently predicted. However, September 2012 was more notable for wave based cross countries, although there were some thermal based ones sometimes assisted by Sea Breeze fronts, as on the 2nd of the month, allowing Derek Taylor in his ASW…
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Yorkshire Gliding Club on Facebook
by Bill Elliott •
Editors’ Note: Thanks to Pitt Numa and Darren of the The Yorkshire Gliding Club for informing us that the Yorkshire Gliding Club now has a Facebook page. Please visit the YGC on Facebook—and in person when you’re in their area. www.facebook.com/yorkshireglidingclub “Our site is situated on top of an escarpment at the edge of the…
July at the Yorkshire Gliding Club
by Bill Elliott •
July was a busy month for holiday courses with three being run. These courses have resulted in many people being introduced to gliding as a sport and contributed to club membership numbers, and this year was no exception.
UK Open Class Nationals, 15m Nationals and Lasham Regionals – Day 5
by Bill Elliott •
As I said on Tuesday, the forecast for Wednesday was vaguely promising, with a trough looking like it would sit very close to us but potentially far enough away that it wouldn’t cause too many problems. Over the past few days though, this trough’s forecast position changed to the point where it now looked like it…
UK Open Class Nationals, 15m Nationals, Lasham Regionals – Day 3
by Bill Elliott •
Both Nationals were scrubbed around 16:30. Again, the 150 km minimum for tasks appears to be the reason why these guys couldn’t fly as the weather windows have just been too small. The Regionals A Class (there are two classes, A and B) was set: Ilsley – Hungerford North for 103 km. They launched at 16:55, with most people starting by 17:30. There were seven finishers, two of those competing hors concours, the official winner being Julian Hitchcock flying a DG-1001M at a speed of 76.1km/h. He leads the Regionals by 14 points from John Taylor (ASG-29) and Colin Hunt (Ventus 2cT).
Old UK Gliding Magazines Online
by Bill Elliott •
Thanks to John McCullagh, Assistant Editor of Rising Air, Lasham Gliding‘s newsletter, we learned that Lasham’s newsletter archive is online. John also referred us to an online archive of Sailplane and Glider (predecessor to the BGA magazine Sailplane and Gliding), Gliding, and Sailplane and Gliding up through 2000. This archive was developed and is maintained…