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News from May 2014

Posted on: May 26th, 2014 by nimbus

With the grounding continuing more much needed maintenance has taken place. Jono and Webby spent an entire day repairing the Sedbergh trailer to safely secure the glider inside it. This work continued today with the braking system being overhauled as the old cabling had disintegrated.

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Al’s Sedbergh WB981 has been thoroughly washed to remove all the muck following storage at Keevil. WB981 will hopefully be C of A’d soon and taken to Syerston for this years IDT weeks.

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Posted on: May 11th, 2014 by nimbus

With everything conspiring to prevent aviation from Hullavington we were unable to fly the Historic Gliders this weekend.
Many thanks to those that turned up for a long day of much needed maintenance – it’s days like these that are essential to enabling all to enjoy the lovely gliders we have access to !

The Swallow had its C of A and has also had the gap sealing replaced under the wings so should fly a lot quieter! The Grasshopper has been loaded into its trailer for off site maintenance, the trailer was also thoroughly cleaned. The Prefect was also given a wash and the Sedbergh washed and polished to protect the new paintwork.

Posted on: May 11th, 2014 by nimbus

With the VGS grounded the opportunity was taken to fly the historic gliders over the Sunday and Monday and enjoy a social with friends and family having a BBQ. A hardy few even stayed over in tents.
Over the two days we managed nearly 130 launches ! There was soaring available both days and the CFI even had a nibble at the wave in the Sedbergh.
Neil Payne produced an awesome BBQ which went on into the evening. There was much chat from those who had the green ball up in the MKIII !!
Here are a few photos to set the scene :

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And another cracking shot from a GoPro attached to the Prefect following the MKIII onto base leg.

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