Well done to Stratford junior sailplane pilot Owen who converted onto the SZD Junior over the weekend. G-CHDB, one of three single-seat gliders on the Stratford on Avon Gliding Club fleet is Owen’s first single-seat aircraft type. He went on, … Continue reading
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14 year old pilot Kai goes solo at Stratford on Avon Gliding Club!
14 year old junior glider pilot Kai flew his first solo flight at Stratford on Avon Gliding Club on bank holiday Monday! Kai is our fourth junior glider pilot to go solo at Stratford on Avon GC in August! Kai … Continue reading
Junior Glider Pilot Tom Goes Solo At SoAGC!
Congratulations to Stratford’s junior glider pilot Tom who flew his first solo flight in K13 glider G-DCBW on Saturday at Stratford on Avon Gliding Club! Tom was checked out and cleared for solo by Stratford’s Deputy CFI Pete F. Tom’s … Continue reading
Junior Glider Pilot Matthew goes Solo
On Sunday, junior glider pilot Matthew S flew his first solo flight from Stratford on Avon Gliding Club! Matthew was checked and cleared for his first solo by senior instructor and club chairman Andy B. Matthew had a brief soaring … Continue reading
Junior Glider Pilot Archie Achieves Silver
On Monday, junior glider pilot Archie L completed his FAI Silver badge flying from Stratford on Avon Gliding Club. The FAI Silver badge requires that a sailplane pilot complete: A soaring flight of 5 hours duration.A cross-county flight of at … Continue reading
Junior glider pilot Owen flies solo at Stratford on Avon Gliding Club
Congratulations to junior glider pilot Owen, 16, who flew his first solo flight today at Stratford on Avon Gliding Club! Owen took to the skies alone for the first time in Stratford’s K13 sailplane G-DCBW. Owen was checked out and … Continue reading
A trip to the seaside in a glider
This is a flight I’d been wanting to make for some while, and I was just waiting for the right day. As Midlanders we don’t get to see the seaside very often (other than by car), but it was 185km … Continue reading
Ben E completes Silver + 100km Diploma
Yesterday, junior glider pilot Ben E completed his FAI Silver badge plus his UK 100km Diploma parts 1 & 2 during a flight from Stratford on Avon Gliding Club. The Silver badge requires: A height gain of 1000meters or more, … Continue reading
Ed F Converts into the Astir
Congratulations to junior glider pilot Ed F who converted into Stratford on Avon Gliding club’s Astir CS77 today, launching from Snitterfield airfield. The Astir is Ed’s second single-seat glider type and presents a more complex type with retractable undercarriage and … Continue reading
Walls of fog
Our chairman Andy sent some photos from one of the few flights we managed on Sunday 19th January in VMC before walls of fog took up position at either end of our airfield and prevented further launching. The regional pressure … Continue reading