It’s worth taking some time to check out the Sailplane Grand Prix currently taking place at Worcester in South Africa. They set a 712k task on Day 1 – flown mostly without turning! Subsequent days have been averaging tasks of 400k that can be experienced via live coverage on the web link above.
Probably one of the earliest retrieves of the season. A nice sunny start ended up closing in very rapidly with a fog layer from the West cloaking most of East Anglia. Richard and Pablo had a good initial sortie to Seething followed by numerous circuits around uninviting airfields, eventually ending up at Crowfield safely tucked […]
Congratulations to Braderz for completing his Bronze Cross Country Endorsement today.
Are you interested in flying on Boxing Day? The weather is currently looking onside and Den is prepared to instruct, so all we need is someone to drive the winch and enough members to make it worthwhile. Post something on FB, Blog or Forum if you’re up for it please.
This year is almost over but we continue to see additions to the long list of achievements within our 2014 ESGC licencing incentive, including Richard Hayhoe completing his Bronze Cross Country Endorsement with Den Heslop last week. Congratulations to Richard and all the other members who successfully passed their XC or achieved other badges during the year.
The Monthly BGA December Newsletter is now available. A pdf version of this is available here
For the latest ESGC Film Club event we will be showing Apollo 13 this Saturday 13th December at the Club House. Start time for the show has brought forwards to 5.00pm due to the fact that flying finishes generally around 3.30 – 4pm at this time of year. The show runs for around 2 hours. This is the story of […]
A few images from last weeks Armistice and Remembrance Day when we observed two minutes of silence in memory of the 55th US Fighter Group and all of the soldiers and people who died in wars.
The Monthly BGA November Newsletter is now available. A pdf version of this is available here
…and Cadets fly at reduced rates! If you are under 21 and in full-time education you can subscribe to become a Junior Member now for just £75 Alternatively you can read more about our Cadet Scheme or becoming a Youth Member here Or read more about ESGC’s Trial Lessons & Courses here
Current week planned flying days:- Monday 🙁 Tuesday 🙁 Wednesday 🙂 Thursday 🙁 Friday 🙂 Saturday 🙂 Sunday 🙂 Read More about “This Weeks Flying Schedule”…
