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

And still he wasn't satisfied, this most rumbustious Chairyman,A drivin' of tlte slaves of his, he'd put to work so well."/ want the launch r;ate doubled-and trebled if it's possible."He worked us so unmercif'ly, the planes went up like lIell!But aims alone are useless unless results "comme/lSUICate",So Ern;e, very fittingly, led oU witll SNver C.Just to keep him company G. Wilson then repeated it,And Haslam flew to Homby. (Many tyros flapped a B).Solos got monotonous, such was their regularity,But others we must mention are Reg WolU and D. MilleJt.The first cramm'd in Olympia for five 1I0urs solid purgat'r)',The laller for cross countries tllat just failed to make a hit.T;s a strange tale-our fairy tale-..of loil, an' sweat, an' tears an' all,A weepin', an' a waili/l' an' a gnashin' of the teeth.With litlle bursts of humour--(a laugh to prop us when we fall)Blit has it not bee/l worlll il, Emie?-SlIre it has! Good neet! !F.G.R.LAND'S ENDTHIS is a new Club t:ormed in thehQpe of obtaining permission to usethe attractive grass airfield, at presentclosed down, at Lands End.Ambitious and detailed plans havebeen prepared but the only possible Clubactivity at present is keeping fingerscrossed, although permission has beenobtained for one or two privately ownedaircraft to use the airfield on an occasionalbas.is.If we are able eventually to go ahead,a small but efficient fleet will be intensivelyoperated by running summercourses" and flying will be available aswell as gliding at least five days a weekall the year round.The site offers interesting prospects forsoaring, with cliffs in all directions andsea breezes from both sides going up inthe middle! South-westerlies are observedto produce streets starting preciselyover the field and disappearing upthe middle of the cOl,lnty. Wave has alsobeen observed on many occasions.Cross-country planning is simplifiedby requiring a track of 060· made goodfor 160 miles before a choice of directionis offered, but we live in hopes.Anyone coming our way in the spring(fingers still crossed) will be warmlywelcomed-at least we don"t think you'llovertly us!D.T.LASHAMWITH 1964 we must have seen oneof the best soaring seasons sincethe art was discovered. Certainly. atLasham, we have broken all our recordsfor numbers of hours tlown and thevarious soaring clubs will no doubt bereporting their own cross-countryachievements. The Society has done itspart in producing a near record numberof launches.We are very sorry to lose the full-timeservices of Derek Piggott who-bavingtasted freedom tbis sum,mer whilst filming"Those Magn.ificent Men and TheirFlying Machines"-has resigned fromtbe pOsition of G.F.I. of Lasham in orderto concentrate on writing and on bispowered-trainer project. However, Derekstill rema.ins an active member ofLasham and we hope to see a lot of himas his powered-trainer develops; this,could help us all by taking the acheand frustration out of gliding training.Also, Derek is continuing to run ourInstructors' courses with that authorityand enthusiasm for which he is so wellknown.The post of C.F.I. and Manager hasbeen taken on by Derrick Goddard whowill be assisted during the winter byLes Creed and Tony Smallwood andduring the summer by fu~ther full-timeinstructors, to say nothing of the manyvoluntary instructors, who devote somuch of their time and energy.7J