Volume 34 No 4 Aug-Sept 1983.pdf - Lakes Gliding Club

Silver height and Nigel Cotterrell both Bronzelegs in one day, the second on his first flight inour Skylark 3.The private owner fleet is again expandingwn'" the arrival of a K-6E, Libelle and Cobra.The clubhouse is being painted in readinessIor the Regionals in August and we are wellover half booked for the event.G.D.ESSEX (North Weald)We now have a long term lease from the localoouncil who are the new owners, but while thisis good !hey want to make the site more of asports and leisure centre which will at limesrestrict our operations. We will be sharing w'ithparascenders, model aircraft, car trials andklotballers, so keep a good lookout when flyingin. The large pylons to the east have beenreplaced by lower and smaller pylons neare~to the sne.We closed 0111 May 28 and 29 for af'l air displayand couldn'! fly the previous week.To encourage members' child'ren and othe~~ng people we have introduced a sponsoredyouth scheme. with 20 places open toyouths up to 118, years who are in full lime.occupation al')d have been sponsored by aclub member.We still have no hangar since the fire buttalks are going on with the council and othersto try and reSOlve the problem. The coursesand flying evenings are continuing.M.R.T.ESSEX & SUFFOLK (Hadlelgh)"Balng out" has meant puddles on the runwaybeing emptied by buckets with a human chainto allow flying to continue this summer. Theweather restricted the May task week to localsoaring and the only pilots who attempted atask landed locally.Mervin, Zip and Tony Brown have soloedand Chris Pollard flew Silver distance.Much interest has been taken in the experimentsby Ralph and Mike to motorise theirK-6cR. The clUb, too, has a sparkling K-6cR inthe fleet, sought, bought, given a C of A andflown all in a couple of days (thanks to familiesW'bj, Gilder and Brooker).As hosts of the Inter-Club League we hadtwo no-rontest days but a great party. Thesecond contest at Tibenham proved our performancecould only improve.Help from the Sports Council may progressour purchase of a K-21 (see photo).R.C.A.HAMBLETONS '(RAF Dishforth)Among the rainy days we have had somegood ones, with a number of tasks flown byPete Reading (almost 500km), Keith Taylorand Henry Pantin. Roger Burghall flew 300kmbut unfortunately not round his intended TP.Congratulations to all conversions; BronzeCOOK VARIOMETER MK 4LARGE OR SMALL DIALCLIMB AND SINK AUDIOVARIABLE WEIGHT NETTOCOOK VARIOMETERS42 NIQHnNGALE ROADRICKMANSWORTH, HERTS, ENGLANDAugust/September 1983Peter Smart and Colin Smith Jry DUI the K-21 demonstrator for the Essex & 5uffofk Gc.and Silver legs too numerous to mention; toHarry Birch for completing his Bronze; TorTaverner for his Silver and Henry Pantin forthe successful completion of his instructors'course.Our thanks to Dick Parker for his work 'asCFt and good wishes to his successor, PaulWhnehead.J.P.HEREFORDSHIRE (Shobdon Airfield)The poor weather haS thampered us, causingthe cancellation of the May open day. Howeverwe· have tackled outstanding jobs and ourthanks to the volunteers, especially Ken Martin.Our Blanik had a winter overhaul and wasback for the first course on June 1. We are inan advanced stage of developing ourreverse-,pulley autotow on ouractiv.e airfield.This has been achieved by close liaison be.t·ween all t:hree Aero Sports Centre clubs. Weexpect launch 'heights in excess of 120011 via a500011 runway, a Jaguar XJ6 and 35000 ofParafil. Launches will obviously be a lotcheaper than an aerotow.Mr Cramer has re-soloed after a 2V2y,r layoff;Geoff Ha~ris ilnd John France are takingtheir Pilatus ,to CoventlY for a lead and followcourse and the Wulf and Greatrex Glesflligel304 has made itS annual pilgrimage to Germany.Our third task weekend is August 13-14when visitors are welcome.B.J.H.INKPEN (Tliruxton)Our big even! is the IFly for Fun week 'fl'QmJune 13-18 when several visiting gliders willgive members experience of flying differenttypes. On ,the Saturday we hope to set arecord with a maximum launch .effort, flyingfrom 6am until dusk, and on the Sunday willhave a barbecue and disco.Congratulations to Bill Murray on passinghis instructors' course. We are hosting'a BGAinstrtlctors'training course from August 21-28.We are enjpying the extended Ioaf'l of aw.inch and members can, practise winch techniqueson Wednesday and Saturday evenings.The jumble sale in April gave us a clear profitof £152.T.D.KENT (Challock)Bad weather ham~red John Williamson'ssoaringoourse in April but the week wasthoroughly enjoyable and !!:le lectu~esextremely useful. The weathe~' was also disappointingfor most of our Bank Holiday openweekend at the beginning of May but therewere three durations on the Monday. The airexperience flights boosted club funds and ourthanks to the organiser Alan Garside.Congratulations to Roger Ellis, Dave Lang­Iley and G. Mills on going solo; to Dave Beamson completing his Bronze C and to Julia Wil­Iiams, Dave Moorman, Anne Johnson andDave Beams on their durations.Our thanks to Gina Kemp, Jean and herstaff for organising our birthday party in May.Our CFI, Glyn Richards, is retiring' at theend of the course season and we thank himfor his work over the 3V2yrs. John Hoye willtake over.J.B.LAKES (Walney Airfield)IPeter Redshaw has taken over as chairmanfrom Ron Hawkes.John Taylor flew his five hours on BlackCoombe and Ray Jackson (Astir) achieved a130km O/R to Ingleton.T'lie winch has been given a 3.5 litre automaticRover V8 engine. We have been toHusbands Bosworth for our Whit week safari.EKLONDON (Dunstable)Atrocious weather early in the season curtailedour flying .quite considerably as our undersubscribed,club ladder shows. The task weekmanaged three competition days during thesecond week of May despite a waterloggedfield, nofto mention sky. John Cardiff won theOpen Class (of course) and one of John Willy'scross-country 'course pilots won the StandardClass ina Kestrel! John, also won the 15 MetreNatienals at Sooker; Dunstable pilots arealwayspleased to show Bookerites how to do it.Course bookings are well up and we haveacquired a fourth K-21 to cope with the high levelof two-seater utilisatiof'l.We believe we won the first round of theInter-Club League at Hus Bos but will delaycrowing till we get confirmation and/or win theseries.D.S.183