VGC News/Newsletters - Lakes Gliding Club

VGCNews
No. 96 Spring 1999
Contents
Chairman's Report 1
President's Corner 1
Club News 2
New Members 2
From the Treasurer 2
From the Technical Officer 5
Database .3
From ZOrg Ziller .
Future Rallies 6
Feature articles
Kranich 2 7
Rhon Contest 1939 10
The London Gliding Club in Wartime 13
Kranich 2b-2 production 15
Motorised Petrel 16
International News
Argentinian 17
Australian 17
Belgian 18
British 22
Czechoslovakian 24
Danish 24
Finnish 25
French 25
German 25
A Quiz 26
Ita'lian 28
Spanish 28
Swiss 28
Obituary
Peter Riedel 30
Walter Horten 33
Sid Davies 35
Book Review
Gliders by Schweizer 35
Segelflieger 36
Deutsche Flugzeuge 36
Information Please 36
Readers' letters 37
Classified Adverts 39
3 view drawings
Reiher 12
Racek 18
Praha 19
Sedy Vlk 20
CHAIRMAN'S REPORT
The committee met recently at RAF Bicester in Oxfordshire,
site of the forthcoming 50th anniversary of RAF gliding, an
event to be shared with this years British National rally. All
our members whether from home or abroad are welcome to
attend this event which promises to be a great success and
great fun.
This year the Committee has decided to concentrate on
increasing public awareness of our Club, its achievements and
goals. We intend to be represented at the Popular Flying Association
Annual Rally in July this year, held at Cranfield, Bedfordshire,
where we hope to have some vintage gliders on
display, so come along and make yourself known to the volunteers
manning the stand.
The potential for new members now that we have
embraced both classic and oldtimer gliders is immense. In my
own local gliding club we have received a lot of interest, and
new members, as a result of this recent policy. Let us hope that
this signifies a trend worldwide.
The site for the Millennium Rally is still being contested
but no decision will be made until May of this year when
everything !has been fully considered.
The vac Web pages are proving to be a great success with
additional features coming 'on-line' all the time.
However, not everything is going as well - the Treasurer
reports that although the club is financially sound, we are still
experiencing late payments of membership fees. Because of
this, we must now review our policy of sending the magazine
out to late paying members. So please support your Club by
encouraging everybody to pay their SUbscriptions on time.
PRESIDENT'S CORNER
May I lake this op,portunity rather late to thank you all for your
Christmas and New Year Cards. Because of the number of
them, I could not reply to them all, but you were all with me
in spirit and I liked receiving them. I wish you al1 Good Flying
and Happy Landings during 1999
C. Wills
COpy DATE
The last date for material to reach the
Editor for inclusion in the next issue,
which will go out in mid July, is May 15.
Please enclose a SAE for return of any
photographs, disks, etc.
As the Editor of Sailplane & Gliding
says, "If you missed the deadline
you missed the deadline"