Congratulations to Irek who today did his type conversion into the Junior - first flight in a single seater! All set now for soaring in the spring.
Wave if you can see me
Great day gliding this week. A few of our members managed to take advantage of a meteorological effect called ‘wave’ to climb to over 10,000ft (2 miles!) above York.
York from 2 miles up (click to see larger image)
Rainbow in the distance - below!
‘Surfing’ along the edge of the ‘wave bar’
Wave is a fairly rare occurrence this far east in Pocklington. It happens when a strong south westerly wind hits the pennines (50 miles away) causing a ripple in the atmosphere which acts like a wave - which gliders can use to surf up high.
The pilots above only stopped at 10,000 feet because they didn’t have oxygen with them (or thick enough socks!)
Barry McKiernan Solo
Congratulations to Barry McKiernan (left) who was sent solo by Steve Wilkinson on Thursday 03-Oct-19.
Barry was on the last summer course of 2019 (in October!) along with Paul Dews (front seat, right) and Chris Pearce.
Two Seater Competition 2019
Craig struggles with the ailerons
Whilst attempting a chandelle, Craig forgot to centre the stick. He won’t forget again…