Mike Sloggett’s message to the troops was cautiously optimistic about Sunday, which is about as good a forecast as we’ve seen during the past six months. And it delivered!!
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| Barbie Fairclough giving a safety brief Women Go Gliding (Mike Fawcett) |
New(ish) junior member Josh Newland was finally able to embark on his training after a winter gap, Richard Roberts completed his BI check flights, we had several mutual flying flights, and lots of solo flights.
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| John Borland waiting for the next glider to be ready to launch (Stewart Henshall) |
The Eurofox has returned to service, with Andy Davey taking the first tow to 5000 feet. And to keep things even busier, we hosted the Go Gliding Women event and there were also several Family & Friends flights. A total of 49 glider flights make this the busiest day since early last October. Gliding has come back to North Hill!!
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| Go Gliding Women - 15 visitors enjoyed their first flights (Stewart Henshall) |
We hosted 15 visitors for our part of the Go Gliding Women national event, which was created to encourage more women to come into gliding. Aside from the smiles we saw after their flights, several enthusiastically indicated they will be coming back and will be looking to join our club. The event was lot of work, but it looks to have been a success. Thanks go out to everyone who helped. - Tom Sides
