Dates for your diary

New lecture series

Fundamentals Of Gliding (FOG) briefings

These lectures, or extended briefings, are aimed at club members who are learning to glide. Experience can be anything from just five or six flights up to Bronze C level. Post Bronze C pilots are also welcome to come along, and their input to any discussion would be most welcome.

Dec 19th 2009. 09:00. Finding thermals and staying in them; thermalling airmanship. Gary Nuttall.
Feb 13th 2010, 09:30 Introduction to gliding meteorology.
Basic gliding meteorology and how to make the most of the weather. William Parker.

Feb 20th 2010, 09:30 Glider daily inspections and ground handling.
Everything you wanted to know about being on the airfield but were afraid to ask. Jane Moore.

Feb 27th 2010, 09:30 Airspace and the altimeter.
A basic outline of what Airspace is and where it is around Booker plus an overview of how the altimeter works and altimeter settings. Bob Smith

Mar 13th 2010, 09:30. Circuit planning and execution.
How we teach the circuit, how to fly it and how this relates to other gliding training such as field landings and failed launches. Symeon Economou.
Mar 20th 2010, 09:30. Stalling Spinning and Spiral Dives.
The theory and practical training advice. TBD

Bronze lectures 2010

A reminder of those bronze lecture dates in January
• 9th January Theory of flight- Bob Smith
• 16th January Navigation and Notams- Steve Williams
• 23rd January Meteorology- Alun Jenkins
• 30th January Air Law, Airmanship, Radio and the Exam- Jane Moore

Members' achievements over the past 12 months

Jan 10

• Siena Whiteside passed the Bronze exam

Oct

• Sarah Fearnley - 1^st Solo

• Jane Moore - BGA Standard Aerobatics Badge

Sept

• Tom Woolf  - 1st solo

• Stuart Lacey - 1st solo

• Dave Humphreys - Converted onto K18

• Raphael Au - converted onto Pegasus

• Sanjay Goel - converted onto K18

Aug 09

• John Portwin - Silver duration flight completing Silver C.

• Sanjay Goel - 1st solo

• John Hubberstey - re solo'd

• Andy Kensit - 1st solo

• David Hamilton - Cross country endorsment leg and bronze legs

• Siena Whiteside- Cross country endorsment leg

• Yan Clave- Silver Distance and 5 hours

• Rob Kehr- Silver Distance

• Raph Au- Converted onto K18 and Junior both Bronze legs
   

July 09

• Dave Humphreys - 1st solo

• Craig Cains - converted to Junior

• Siena Whiteside - 1st solo

• Mike Gatfield - Silver distance

• Simon Phelps - Silver duration & height (obtained his Silver badge)

• Yan Clave - Silver height

• David Hamilton - converted to Junior

June 09

• Robert Turner - Silver distance

May 09

• Raph Au - 1st solo

• Nick Jennings - 1st solo
• David Hamilton - 1st solo
• Richard Clark - 2hr leg and Bronze Badge
• Henry Scutt -  Bronze Badge and Cross Country Endorsement
• Nick Jennings - K18 and Junior conversions
• Michael Gardener - Silver height and distance
• Mark Wolf - Silver distance
• Jeremey Gilbey - 5hrs and Gold distance
• Ben Crook - Gold distance
• Richard Harris - Basic Instructor rating
• Henry Ross - Basic Instructor rating
• Louis Quartly - Basic Instructor rating

April 09

• Easter Egg Cup for Aerobatics
  1st Will Hilton won by a mile (only 15 so not yet solo!)
  2nd Gary Nuttall
  3rd Jane Moore

• Will Hilton - Caroline Trust Flying Bursary

• Siena Whiteside - Caroline Trust Flying Bursary

• Jim Pengelly - Converted to Duo Discus

• Robert Turner - converted to Junior

• Robert Turner - Achieved Bronze Badge

• Roger Harris - Basic instructor rating

• Ben Crook - first 300k but unfortunately his logger didn't work!

• Yan Clave - X-C endorsement & Bronze Badge

• Alex Chalmers - X-C endorsement

• John Portwin - X-C endorsement

• Chris Ransom - X-C endorsement & Bronze Badge

• Simon Phelps - Silver distance

• John Portwin - Silver distance and height

• George Greenfield - re-soloed

• Gary Stephen - went solo

• Adam Clarke (16) - went solo

• Andy Wear - went solo

• Richard Clark - converted to the K23

• Chris Collett - gained Silver height

March 09

• Steve Williams - Motor glider instructor rating (group 1)

• Alex Chambers - completed Bronze flying test

• Mark Wolf - completed Bronze flying test & converted to fixed wing Pegasus

• Mike Gatfiled - completed Bronze C

• John Portwin - completed Bronze C & converted to fixed wing Pegasus

• Craig Cairns - Converted onto the K18

• David Clarke- Converted onto K18 & Junior, and completed a Bronze leg

• Henry Scutt - Converted onto K18 & Junior

• Don Harvey - converted to retractable wheel Pegasus

• Simon Phelps - converted to retractable Discus

February 09

• Mark Wolfe passed Bronze exam

• Richard Clark passed Bronze exam

• Yan Clave passed Bronze exam

• Leon Gold passed Bronze exam

• Robert Turner passed Bronze exam

• John Portwin passed Bronze exam

• Mike Gatfield - converted to Pegasus

• Henry Scott  - went solo

• Craig Cairns- went solo

• David Clarke- went solo

• John Hooper - K18 type conversion

• Mark Wolf - K18 type conversion

• Mark Wolf - Junior type conversion

• Simon Halfpenny- went solo

• Robert Turner - K18 type conversion

• Rob Kehr - cross-country endorsement

• Rob Kehr - sports aerobatics badge

• Steve Williams - full cat instructor rating

• Mike Gatfield - fixed wheel Pegasus type conversion

• Simon Phelps - retractable wheel Pegasus type conversion

• Henry Ross - Discus type conversion