Volume 40 No 4 Aug-Sept 1989.pdf - Lakes Gliding Club

CLUB NEWS
have flown the milk run l00km and, with times
coming down, it should be a good competition.
We were creditably placed in the first two
rounds of the Inter-Club lLeague. The courses are
well booked and Garry Polkinghorne (instrwctor)
and Pate Joslin (tug p'i1Qt) are a very successful
and amiable combination. Most go solo by the
end of their course.
The weather gave us a very active May with the
two-seaters so busy we are trying to find a Blanik.
The T-21 is more popular than ever.
A.B.
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY (Duxford)
NiCk Weston who went solO on his 16th
birthday.
Congratulations to Andy Barron, .Andy Thorburn,
Paul Stoker and Nick Weston on going solo, Nick
onhis 16th'birthday. Nick gained a Bronze 'leg six
days later. Brian Vavies and Nick Robinson have
completed their Bronze badges.
The splendid May weather produced anumber
cA SOOkms Silver distances from, among others,
Andy Greenhalgh, Brian Hooson, David Moore
and Andy sanderson, and Diamond goals for
Oavid Oswald, Chris Sullivan and lain Baker.
We now have two-seater cross-country training
and are grateful to the instructors for making
such an experience possible.
local and visiting pilots are rem inded there is a
lIying display at Duxford every Sunday between
1500 and 1515hrs when they should keep well
clear of the airfield.
• J.B.
followed this with further achievements: congratulations
to Brian Mennel on lIying, 50km to
complete his Silver badge and to Neil Goulding.
on gaining his instructor rating. Also tQ Robin Sinton
on his Bronze badge.
JP.
COTSWOLD (Aston Down)
Harry Willis and Steve Manktelow flew to the
seaside to complete their Silver badges. Congratulations
also to Bruce Hamilton-Webb, Nigel
Pickering and John Cole on going solo and to
Dave Williams, Jonathan Beard and Frazer
Wilson on becoming AEls.
Ttilis year is our 25th anniversary and the main
celebrations will be between July 30-August 5 to
coincide with our mini Comp. Old members/
friends are invited to join us for the festivities.
Detailslrom the secretary.
G.M.
COVENTRY (Husbands Bosworth)
The club motor glider is very successful and
being used for cross·country field selection
training.
Our open weekend In April was highly suc·
cessful and well co-ordinated.
The task week at the end 01 May was probably
our best ever with nine out of nine competition
days. This created a highly competitive spirit with,
Dave Booth (Carman) winning Class A; Keith
SCat! and BarlY Chadwlck (Dart 17), our visitors
from Well and GC, Class B; Tony Scragg and
team (Bocian), 1he Two-seater Class and the
Blunt Nails (vintage) by Norman James in the
Tutor, who flew over 500km during the week
CRANWELL (RAFGSA)
The last few months have been busy. We have
had severaJ solos. ~ congratulations to Connie
Conr.ad trom the German Airforce who soloed
after 12 flights, Jack Hagan and the two
youngest, Tara Brown and Rosemary Dornan,
Rosemary on her 16th birthday.
We ran a fun Camp on the Spring Bank Holiday
weekend when over 1300km were flown over
three days and t/'le CFllook to the air in his 'refurbislaed
K-2 and has been super soaring ever
since.
Well done Aggie Lawson for flying for 1.06hrs
in the K·7 tor the first Bronze leg. Welcome to
Graham Stubbsfrom Hullavington and cOngratulations
on Silver neight.
B.S.
D:ARTMOOR (Brentor)
Tile great news is that in our sixth year after prot·
racted neogtiations our long lease has been
signed and we can now take-off. David Gooby,
Tom Richards and Jiil Jenkins have done a really
professional job on our site.
We will continue experimenting with a retrieve
winch; the club gliders are airworthy thanks
mainly to Colin sanders; the winches in good
order thanks to hard working members and we
have two courses in July and August.
Our hangar can at 'last be erected and our CFI
Peter Williams has recovered trom a motor
accident.
One of the nicer things about a small club is the
cannaraderie. Brian Cordier, a founder member,
broke a hospital visitors' record after serious surgery
by having 12 round tilis bed. He is now back
CAIRNGORM (Feshiebridge)
All aircraft and equipment are serviceable due to
the hard work of John Young and Alan Carnegie,
club inspectors. Andy Carter is now an
assistant instructor.
We are selling our motor glider to buy a tug and
have applied for a grant to bu ild a hangar and fuel
installation. The Falke will not be used for trial
instructor lessons this summer but we are running
club courses in August.
S.M.
CLEVEl.ANDS (RAF Dishforth)
We OO$ted the season's first local Inter-Club
league meeting and came 2nd to Huffonh. Two
at our enlrants won their tasks on the first dayand
August/September 1989
Rosemary Domen of Cranwen GC being congratulated
by Mick lee, CFI, after going solo
on her 16th bir1hday in the K-7. Photo: J.
A. Shearwood.
including goal flights to Dunstable, Nympsfield
and Lasham. During the week Jeanette
Burgoyne completed her Silver badge and Martin
Chamberlain flew Silver distance to
Dunstable.
We continue to excel in providing mid-week
launching and it is certainly an ideal venue for
anyone considering flying here.
D.L.S
thermalling and is one of our best winch
drivers.
F.G.M.
DEESIOE (Aboyne Ait1ield)
Of the many cross·countries in the tast few
months, the mosl notably was Jack Stephens'
500km in wave, making him the first 10 achieve
Silver and Gold badges and all three Diamonds
at Aboyne.
We have bought another Pawnee to give us
three tugs.
Alan Middleton has retired as CFI after four ..
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