Flying report: Tuesday 29th May

Forecast wind was 050/20 and we could see the primary and wave gap developing immediately in the lee of the Black Mountains. Significant cloud cover early on and so it was a late start…  Martin Watt and I took the first launch in CKV at 14:02. Straight into the wave after release at only 1,200′ AAL.…

Flying report: May 15th

If you look at the national ladder there are only 3 flights for today, so far, and all of them are from BMGC!! Me and Mike T did a 165km flight to Long Mynd, Sennybridge and back while Mike Ashton collected some local turn points. Why other clubs weren’t out and about mystifies me, the…

Flying report: 13th May

I was told, or was it ordered, by TC to do a report for today’s flying! Well perhaps if I just say it was possibly the best conditions that I’ve ever seen in Wales since I started gliding then perhaps that’ll give you an idea of how good it was. Cloudbase went up and up…

Rock Polishers – May

The Mynd event nearly didn’t happen, in the middle of last week the forecasts were not looking promising for the weekend. But, luckily, Mark Sanders – the Mynd Comp Director – held his nerve and we had a great weekend. Team Tal traveled up a day early to get re-acquainted with the winch. We had…