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John Bone’s visit and presentation

Presentation to John Bone Friday 28th September 2018 Paul Foulger, Vice President, welcomed John and his family back to the club, after his recent absence. John had a flight with Angus Macdonald where he flew the glider, and showed that he had not lost his handling techniques. PF reiterated that it was good to see […]

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And the winners are

At this years Annual General Meeting: (Left to wright) Malcom “Brad” Bradford won the Members Cup for his hard work and contribution to maintaining the winch cables and overseeing the new grass cutter Les Jordan (not pictured) was awarded the Instructor’s Cup. Richard Hayhoe won the Newberry Cup. Chris Price who presented the trophies. Paul […]

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Proud to Support Essex & Herts Air Ambulance

Essex & Suffolk Gliding club is proud to support the Essex and Herts Air Ambulance.  This year we raised £616.62 as a donation from our very successful Open Weekend in June. We received the Certificate of Recognition (pictured) from our colleagues at the Air Ambulance which is based at Earls Colne Airfield just a few […]

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Lawn mowing on a different scale

Here is Brad with our new mower. This is slightly different to your average back garden. More than 40 acres of our runway need mowing on a very regular basis. Mind you the mower is also not what you use on the grass next to your house. This is a Ransom mower and its cut […]

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Eastern Region Interclub League at Wormingford 20.08.17

Essex & Suffolk Gliding Club hosted the last leg of the 2017 Eastern Region Interclub League on the weekend of 19th and 20th of August. Congratulation to the winners who are (left to right): Paul Rice (ESGC) – Pundit, Peter Hibbard (Anglia Gliding Club) – Intermediate, Richard Hayhoe (ESGC) – Novice. These are provisional subject […]

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