Published: 16 Apr 2013
We note from the Sir George Cayley Sailwings Club website that they have lost all rights to fly from Sutton Bank :( DHPC used to make a £50 contribution to fly there, but it wasn't that suitable for paragliders.
Continue readingPublished: 16 Apr 2013
Register for the forum. Then every time you sign in, posts you haven't read are highlighted in red. This saves trawling through everything to find the new stuff. Initially you'll have to click 'Mark Forums Read' to avoid all...
Continue readingPublished: 2 Apr 2013
Thanks to club member Andrew for pointing out that The Black Horse has closed down. Obviously they didn't bother to tell us (!), but we have tracked down the tenant landlord, who is in dispute with the brewery, and has moved to the...
Continue readingPublished: 27 Mar 2013
Dean Crosby and Steve Nash present Pyrenees Hike & Fly (2012). The pure spirit of Hike & Fly paragliding; that is, carrying a wing however far, to the next launch site with the promise that it will carry you in the air in a much...
Continue readingPublished: 24 Feb 2013
Deadline for the Farmers' Dinner is Thu 28 Feb. Yummy food, real ale, flying chat, balloons and raffle. Come along and thank the farmers for letting us use their sites. Details here. ?
Continue readingPublished: 20 Feb 2013
19th Feb. There appears to be a data link problem with the radio signal coming down off the hill. Unfortunately, it will need better weather before I can get the 4WD across the moor to attend to it. This is because of snow up there, or...
Continue readingPublished: 30 Jan 2013
Simon Scott is coming to talk to us about paramotoring. Simon is a very accomplished hang glider and paramotor pilot who has represented his country at the World Paramotor Championships. Not only but also, 'Defined Flying Challenges in the...
Continue readingPublished: 15 Jan 2013
To prove that we can organise something in a brewery, Dave Ashcroft and Ed Cleasby are running a second joint coaching course with the CSC. This year the focus will be on all those skills that lead to flying those first XC flights and developing XC...
Continue readingPublished: 10 Jan 2013
The CSC have arranged for Jon Chambers, X Alps competitor 2011 (and also entered for the 2013 event) to give a lecture on all aspects of what is involved in this most gruelling of adventure races; plus summit landing Mont Blanc last summer. Details...
Continue readingPublished: 9 Jan 2013
Carlton Hangar Being Demolished. The gliding club informed us today (8 Jan 13), out of the blue with no warning, that the hangar on which Wendy sits is to be demolished this week! We had been told repeatedly that nothing was going to happen...
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