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Club Members Take Advantage of a Strong Thermal Day

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Today was forecast to be 5-star, with strong thermals, moderate wind moving from westerly to north easterly during the day, and a cloud base above 5000 feet from late morning to well into the evening, extending across most of England and Wales. Club members lucky enough to be able to fly instead of work midweek took advantage of the fantastic soaring conditions, with  both of the club single seaters in action (our Astir CS and K6e), as well as a couple of private gliders (an ASW20L and a Standard Cirrus) Many thanks to Pete,

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Maybe a record for introductory fliers at VoWHGC?

Maybe a New Record For Guest Fliers?

Club News, Introductory Flights /

This weekend, we had a total of 12 visitors take one of our introductory gliding or motor gliding flights, which we believe may be a new record.  Good weather meant the gazebo at the launch point was welcome to provide some shade, and pilot duties for the flights were shared between Milan, Adrian, Gerry and Stuart. Thanks to everyone who made these flights possible, whether doing the actual flying, or making sure

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Slingby Swallow Vintage Glider at VoWHGC

Slingby Swallow has a Soaring Flight

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Our Deputy CFI, Gordon, rigged and flew his vintage Slingsby Swallow this weekend.  Designed in 1957, the T45 Swallow was one of Slingsby’s most successful gliders commercially, with slightly over 100 produced, of which around 25 were exported to Spain. They were also purchased by the RAF Air Training Corps and military gliding and soaring associations in the UK. This beautiful example is the last but one Swallow built, in 1968, before a fire at the Slingsby factory

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Introductory Flyers Over The Weekend

Introductory Flights /

It’s been a busy weekend at Vale of White Horse Gliding Centre, with a scout group flying on Friday evening, several introductory flights on Saturday, the club AGM after flying on Saturday evening, and further guest and member flying on Sunday. Saturday in particular was an excellent day for these experience flights, with blue skies, light wind straight down the runway, and cloud base at around 3400 feet above the airfield, all of which made for beautiful views over the Wiltshire and Oxfordshire countryside.

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Congratulations to Lucy Swinburn – Many Happy Returns?

Introductory Flights /

Congratulations to Lucy Swinburn on making her first glider flight today.  The flight was a birthday surprise from husband Jason, and he and their children, as well as labradoodle Lola, all came along to the airfield to watch as Lucy was aerotowed to 4000 ft.  The high aerotow meant the flight lasted over 30 minutes, with plenty of time to enjoy the experience, and the chance to fly above the broken cloud base at around 2000 feet. If you’d like to try gliding,

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Introductory Flyers Fly Again Using Their Temporary Membership

Introductory Flights /

We were pleased to welcome back two of our recent motor glider introductory flyers to have a first flight in a glider.  Because our Vale of White Horse Vouchers include a one-month temporary membership of the club, they could visit the airfield again within their membership period and have a glider flight at club member rates.

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