Flora’s heart hammered against her ribs, a hummingbird trapped in a cage of exhilaration and trepidation. Today was the day, the day she would finally taste the sky, not as a distant dreamer, but as a fledgling aviator. Her trial flight in a glider awaited, a baptism by wind that promised to rewrite the contours …
Bluebell was our mainstay for instructing for many years, after she was supplied new in 1950 to Cambridge University Gliding Club (now Cambridge Gliding Club). (New price £587.0s.0d). She has racked up nearly 80000 (yes eighty thousand!) launches and something like 10500 flying hours. Since then, she has had various periods of little or no …
Dear All, Sue Bayford has asked that donations in Julian’’s memory be made to the club to help make provision for disabled or disadvantaged people so that they can experience gliding. We have set up an account where funds donated can be ring fenced for that purpose. Those attending Julian’s funeral will be able to …
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Dear Members, This year’s 7 days a week flying operations will come to an end on Sunday September the 29th. Weekend flying will continue as usual, and 2-seater training at weekends can still be booked using the usual two-seater booking system, available at: https://members.camgliding.uk/ops/twoseatbookings.aspx . Once again, we will be reverting to volunteer based weekday operations over …
From a contact made at the BGA Club Management Conference in November 2019 I began working with the Air League to develop a programme at CGC for the benefit of young, sometimes socially disadvantaged, people. The Air League’s remit covers a broad range of aviation related activities and depends upon sponsorship from commercial organisations, usually …
We are planning a ground school which will be of particular interest to early solo pilots keen to develop their soaring and cross-country skills.Gliding’s tradition of self-teaching of soaring skills can be a slow process. Many pilots (myself included!) take years to build up the knowhow and practical skills to soar reliably and go cross-country …
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Dear All, Simon and Richard will again be running their RT course leading to a formal CAA RT operators licence. This is becoming more and more important as we are encouraged to talk to more airfields and airports. The course will run for five consecutive Wednesdays at 19:30 in the club house starting on March …
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The Winter Lectures have now been finalised. Please see the updated program below: As ever the regular spot is Thursdays at 7.30 pm in the clubhouse, bar open from 7. All welcome. Tell your mates. Colin Smithers Winter Lectures Co-ordinator – – – – – – – – – – – 23rd Jan David Tew …
Dear All, Below are the dates for the 2020 round of Annual Refresher Courses. February Dates: Sun 2nd, Sun 9th, Sun 16th & Sun 23rd March Dates: Sun 1st, Sun 8th, Sun 15th, Sun 22nd & Sun 29th April Dates: Sun 5th The courses will have one instructor for every two students with a maximum of four course members and two instructors each …
It is coming up to Inter Club League time, and we are putting together our teams for this years’ competitions. The Inter-Club League is a friendly competition among small number of nearby clubs (in our case: Gransden, The Gliding Centre – Husbands Bosworth and London Gliding Club – Dunstable). It is distributed over several weekends during the …
Dear All There are some exciting changes to the Single Seater Scheme for next year. The Discus, DM, is being refinished and will be returned to the club in January 2020. In addition, a second Discus is being acquired to replace the ASW24. Although a few of us will miss FLY, the conversion step required …
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