VGC News/Newsletters - Lakes Gliding Club

AVENTOFT, A VERY MERRY, SUNNY AFFAIR
The rare Danish C2 two-seater primary flying at Avento!t.
Ciinter Brodersen
Between July 4th and 13th the soaring club at Aventoft had
invited us for an international soaring festival. Their airfield,
as I had imagined, had to be somewhere close to the Arctic.
Well, actually it is close to a border, but that of Denmark.
Instead of ice we had nothing but sunshine, an entire week of
great soaring conditions.
Upon our arrival we set up camp next to the airfield where
three large meadows had been set aside for camping and
parking. During the first two days we experienced considerable
wind and although the cloud base ranged between 1500ft
and 1800ft we did not have problems staying aloft in the
excellent thermals.
The vintage gliders present were a Minimoa, a Weihe, T21,
Steinadler, Habicht, G2 (a Danish two seater resembling an
SG38 with two seats), Meise, Baby III and a L0150.
Our.ing the days that followed the wind abated, the cloud
!base rose to over 6000ft and we enjoyed days of outstanding
long-distance weather. Bights all over Denmark became possible.
From an altitude of about 3000ft the North Frisian
islands in the West and the Baltic Sea in the East were visible
at the same time. We admired the two coast lines with all the
beautiful islands, the ocean, the windmills; all in all a fascinatingly
captivating landscape.
On Friday we welcomed a visitor from Dachau, near
Munich: Mr Hoffmann from the Scheibe Aircraft Company
arrived with a Rotax Schleppfalke. Pilots who, for the first
tiine came to enjoy a tow behind this motorglider, all agreed
that this was all excellent ~owing method, not just for modern
ships but for v,intage gliders.
Each morning pilots were g,iven different tasks to perform.
In the evening t'hey rece·ived awards provided by various
sponsors. One of tnese award ceremonies was broadcast on
local radio. This programme also included some of the local
ci,tizens who were our regula!' guests on these occasions.
Leisure activities in this area of the country are plentiful
and even though we flew every day we still found enough
time to visit the beaches and go to the museum holding the
famous artist Nolde's work.
This international glider meeting gave all of us the opportunity
to fly and also socialize with the local citizens. The
pilots even formed a soccer team which played the Aventoft
soccer team. On Friday all the young people had the opportunity
to attend an evening of disco dancing.
For a long time to come I will remember the beautiful,
wide-open landscape, the islands, the open water, the many
windmills, but above all the hospitality of the pilots and the
people of Aventoft. Our thanks go to Adalbert Schultz and his
team for such fine organisation.
j6rg Ziller with Klaus Heyn
Weihe and MgJ9 waiting
to fly at Avento!t. Ciinter
Brodersen.
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