Keeping the Bar High With a track record of efficient flying days, standards remained high for a weekend full of achievements. The blue skies of Saturday and a team led by Ray Weston and Tim Faver allowed for Flt Sgt Mick Hunton to obtain his Introductory Flight Pilot rating, meaning he now has permission to […]
Despite Saturday being a scrub day due to a layer of fog settling on the Lincolnshire flatlands, that didn’t stop the team working in and around the hangar for a good majority of the day. General maintenance, as well as ground training on the winch led by Webby made sure that despite the day being […]
First Wave With the Christmas holidays in full swing, gliding members took advantage of not being at work to run a midweek gliding session. 11 pilots turned up, and despite the less than favourable weather in the early hours of the day, a total of 29 launches were achieved. Despite there being no designated duty […]
Summery Winter Despite hopes of flying slowly diminishing as the winter nights roll in, and poor cross sections, the airfield was still flyable both Saturday and Sunday. The first of the 2 days brought with it 2 conversions. Alex Myers, an officer cadet currently on IOT with the college, converted to our club Astir, the […]
Snowy Meetings Similar to the rest of the UK, flying was scrubbed on Saturday due to Storm Arwen wrecking havoc. That did not stop a record turnout for members at the club, as the annual general meeting carried on despite the weather. Congratulations to all the winners as follows: Youngest solo – George Eldred Steiner […]
Winter Winds Despite ANOTHER poor forecast for flying, with a cold front from the North coming in, Saturday saw 17 members attend, 8 being from the University of Nottingham. Luke Dale and Mick Hunton stood in as duty pilot and instructor, to lead the charge on a windy day. Thanks to the number of pilots […]
Nippy Solo Even though the weather over the last 2 weekends has been dire to say the least, we had still flown. This optimism led us to come out to the airfield this weekend in the masses, despite the strong weather warnings. The Saturday team, led by Tim Davies and Mick Hunton, were joined by […]
Windy Challenges Although winter is coming upon us, the British weather certainly did not give us a bad hand to play with. Saturday proved temporarily flyable, with ‘the Dave’ DI and DP team, Dave Bromley and Dave Fidler, making space for 21 launches. Thanks to the increased headwind compared to what we have flown over […]
Blustery Scrubs Even with a dire weather forecast, as a mix of rain and wind descended on RAF Cranwell, that didn’t stop pilots coming out to the airfield. Joined by the University of Nottingham, pilots on Saturday faced tough winds, pushing the glider’s limits to the boundaries. Regardless of the harsh conditions, that did not […]
Scrubbing Solos With half of the Cranwell team (and a lot of instructors) at Lleweni Parc for a week of wave flying, the rest of the team took on the less forgiving Lincolnshire flying environment. Saturday was eventful, with Tim Faver as duty pilot and managing to control a very limited airfield. Even with the […]