K8 cross country
5 star Rasp. 750km day. Tried to take the k8 round the Club 100km. Got halfway round and landed after an hour in one of v few available fields. Thank you Trevor and Sheila for the retrieve!
AGM 28th March – update
Given the COVID19 situation the AGM may not go ahead as an actual meeting. Some form of remote communication / voting is possible. The council will make a decision over the next few days and I’ll send a further communication […]
We’re on the map
RASP have just updated their main webpage, there is now the option of showing gliding sites. When one hovers the mouse over the general region of Lasham guess who pops out first?
CSGC gliders – A few points
Copied from Alex McAtamney’s e-mail; 1. HWW trim lever. It was noted this was loose and not holding trim. Hopefully I have fixed this after removing the front seat and port panel to de-grease and tighten the mounting bolt. This […]
EJE & FJX ready for the season
Both EJE and FJX were rigged today by Chris, Stefan, Alex and myself. They are now parked out on trestles ready for the season. I flew FJX for 3 hours as it turned out to be a great afternoon with […]
2019 AGM Saturday 6th April
The next AGM is at 6pm in the Lasham Clubhouse TV Room on Saturday 6th April 2019. The calling notice and documents have been distributed by e-mail and post. The documents are also on this website.
Salad days are over for now
Yesterday (24th October) Alex, John Adams and myself de-rigged FJX and put it away in its trailer so that is both the “high performance” single seaters stored in their trailers now, the season is officially over. Of course there are […]
Windy
It is very windy today (19th September) with more wind forecast for the next few days. I’ve just been around all our trailers, EJE and FJX and made sure they’re all tied down properly. Many strops were untied or loose.
Would you choose this field to land in?
Anne and Mark took the Sport Vega to the Long Mynd (The Midland Gliding Club) in Shropshire last week. Would you choose to land in this field? The site is on top of The Long Mynd ridge and is covered […]
Soaring Monday 10th September
John Wright managed 2 hours in the Twin Grob and near the end of our flight saw John Adams in 831 who also achieved a decent soaring flight.