Cross-country wise, we’ve been trying to make the most of the taskable days presented to us. Today was another day that looked sufficiently taskable to result in a turnout of cross-country pilots. The expectation was that the milky top-cover would … Continue reading
Tag Archives: flying
Achievements 6/9/15
A truly busy day today at SoAGC! With Andy B running the show, we had every club aircraft including G-CHXK plus a T21 in the air at the same time! Many new visitors to Stratford were flown while some significant … Continue reading
Flying Report 16/8/15
We had a great day of flying today despite the early spreadout. Every aircraft was out of the hangar and flying including our new Grob Astir CS 77 G-FECO. Those who have flown it have reported that they very much … Continue reading
Monday 12 August – Friday 16 August 2013
We will be open everyday this coming week. Allan will be on duty every day and the forecast is looking ok. We should have gentle to medium westerly winds everyday and mostly dry. There is a chance of showers on … Continue reading
Mon 15th – Fri 19th Flying
We are open every day this week. Alan W will be duty instructor Monday to Thursday and Mike C will be covering Friday. There are courses on but there will be extra instructors available if members require check flights or … Continue reading
Thursday 21st February 2013
What do you get with a brisk Easterly wind and a bitterly cold day? What you get is some brilliant flying weather! It was a very slow start with only 6 members on site by 10am and very little enthusiasm … Continue reading
Wednesday 9th January 2013
We were very lucky today in not having any fog at the club this morning. It was down to 50mtrs. in places not many miles away. We had pretty well clear sunshine all day with some very interesting cloud in … Continue reading
Tuesday 30th October 2012 – Doughnuts
It may have been 4 weeks since we last had a Doughnut Day but it was well worth waiting for because today we had a fabulous day. The weather could not really have been much better with a 10kt. Westerly … Continue reading
Saturday 27th October 2012
It felt like brass monkeys today! We had a stiff Northerly wind today which made the field setup a little awkward, flying from the SE stub runway, we had the winch in the NW corner and landed 34.The wind also … Continue reading
Tuesday 21 February 2012
Today turned out exactly as it said on the tin. Good launches to 1950′, well they were for Nick and George, everybody else was getting 15 – 1600′. A good S.W. breeze and plenty of sunshine in the morning. No … Continue reading