Volume 16 No 1 Feb 1965.pdf - Lakes Gliding Club

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Harry Keeble, our Hon. Sec., at theClub.Peter and Honor Grime, with daughterElaine, are leaving us for the wilds ofWales. They take with them our bestwishes and hopes for the future.D.ANOG.DUMFRIES AND DISTRICfALTHOUGH 1964 was disappointingin some respects we had some goodflying and made progress generally. Thenumber of launches at about 1,400 wasslightly less than the previous year. butthe flying time increased by about 20hours, due to the great improvemevt insolo flying and soaring time. Most of theincreased soaring time was due tj thearrival of an Olympia 460 acquired bythe former Prefect syndicate whosemachine was sold to the Club.The 460 has proved very suitable forour conditions and has regularly done 20minutes from a normal winch launchbeatingthe Skylark 2 hands down. Ourfirst Silver C cross-country was gainedby Alf Winter with a flight to CrosbyAirport, Carlisle, and there have beenseveral local flights of over an hour. Wehave gained this year six A and B's,nine C's and two Silver C legs.As a result of making a great effort toget out of the usual financial wood wehave unfortunately sustained a disastrousloss on one function. This has madefurther fund-raising essential and putpaid temporarily to some of our moreambitious ideas. It has also meant takinga realistic look at our costs and subsand if this results in more efficient runningit wirt be a good thing.We have at present a good many keenmembers from all over the south of Scotlandand Cumberlaod and are loakingforward to a very busy year.EAST MIDLANDS(Leicester)IG.J.K.N spile of our troubles, including theloss of our Club Tiger. last year wasan extremely successful. one for glidingat Rearsby. There were the foHowingcertificate gains: 9 A and B; I I Cs; 2Silver Heights; 5 Silver Distances; 6Silver Durations; 3 Complete Silver Cs;I Gold Distance; 2 Gold Heights; IComplete Gold and one Diamond Goal68(subject to confirmation). 1,850 mileswere flown from the Club site and approximately1,000 miles from other sites.Chris Simpson started 1964 off verywell indeed with a very-early-in-the-yearblue thermal flight to Devon (nearlyCornwall) in the Skylark 4.Mick Alien gave us a real surprise atthe very end of last year's soaring seasonby finding the only patch of up of theday under ,a grey, solitary cumulus andstaying with it for half an hour to gainhis C...At the end of November all our syndicateaircraft were rigged and displayedin Leicester city centre. This event wasin support of the Lord Mayor's JohnKennedy Memorial Appeal Fund. Clubmembers-including Chairman and C.F.l.-collected the magnificent sum of£98 10s.Throughout 1964 the clubhouse hasbeen given a series of gentle face-liftsby many willing hands. Special thanksgo to Ivy Moseley for doing such agrand job, with her team of helpers,cooking and tea-mashing in the kitchen.Thanks, too, from everyone to DoeCa~eron, our hard-working and enthusiasttctug-master. Doe really loves histigers!Finally, three cheers go to Emie Smartfor making us our mobile ControlTower, Office. Cash desk. Known colloquiallyas the Spaceship. this invalu-
able piece ef Club equipment was builtentirely by Ernie and put into servicein time to bring the Club even betterresults in the New Year.D.H.A.ESSEX (North Weald)IT is some months since the E.G.C." appeared in these columns but activityhas been COflstant each week-end sincethe last notes. Boy the time these appearwe will have notched up well over 4,000launches this year, mainly on one winch;plus 10 first solos, 7 C's: two by youngPeter Perry and Wally Shead, after onlysix Swallow flights following their firstsolos.Pete Treadaway completed his distanceleg to gain his Silver C and GordonMcRae and Brian Hockley bothgained their Silver heights.Our home-made Bedford winch is atpresent "running-in" after undergoing anextensive engifle refit, most competentlycarried out in their spare time by Messrs.Woods, AlIcom and Kenney.Bill Coyte, our Chairman, has nowrelinquis.hed the post to take up the farmore congenial one of running the FoxhunterInn at Hereford. Good luck, Bill,and our thanks for all you have donefor the Club.CF.l. Jim Rcbinson has taken on thetask of Chairman in addition to hisC.F.l:s duties. The question now is, willthis weight of power enable him to persuadeanother aircraft out of the "powersthat be" in addit.ion to our T-21 Swallowand our syndicated Weihe?We operate,. as other Clubs may know,from North Weald R.A.F. aerodromewhich is now running down and willshortly close, although we may remainin residence for an unspecified time. Uptill now, we are without an alternativesite. Anyone who might perhaps help inthis directicn please contact om ClubSecretary, John Unswor!h. In the meantime,we are always pleased to see anyother Club members who may fly in.A.CM.GLASGOWWE had our first real taste of winteren Sunday, 29th November, withthe arrival of snow and ice and a bitternorth wind. As this wind was cross, flyIng was again dis:'upted and the day los:.Our winter indoor programme commenceson" Friday, 11th December, witha "Beer and Blether" evening open tD allmembers and friends. At this gatheringthe first of a series of training lectureswill be given by tbe CF.!. and instructors.This will be a monthly feature andis expected to meet a clamant demand.The Technical Branch will also bebusy. Our Tutor is to "be modified andthe newly-acquired trailer requires alteration,ready for the new season's crosscountries.T.J.G.HANDLEY PAGE'tVTE conclude this m
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TESTING A SOVIET DISCOPLANEBy V. IV
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Page 25 and 26: 1965 COURSES AT LASHAMHE 196'5 cour
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Page 61 and 62: TRUE FLIGHT-A FABLEBy M. BIRDOOKING
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