Expedition reports, cross-country flight achievements, cadet milestones, and airfield updates from Gransden Lodge Airfield.
I’m an early post-solo student, and I plan to practice my launching, landing, and soaring skills during my eighth solo flight in the K21. My instructor, David Williams, suggested that I could stay up longer in the afternoon as the weather improves. After releasing the cable at around 1500 feet, I soared through the thermal … Read more "A Surprise Silver Height"
This is a guest post from Nigel, who visited last week and enjoyed it so much he decided to submit a post to our website!! What an incredible experience. The nerves soon went when we got out to the glider and then the excitement kicked in. I was not expecting to fly it so that … Read more "Birthday present thanks!"
Recently we had three of our solo pilots all converting to new glider types on the same day. Converting to a new glider is an exciting step in your gliding journey, so we spoke to each pilot about how their conversion went. Olivia: K21 to Junior Olivia converted from the K21 two-seat glider to the … Read more "New Wings, Same Sky: 3 pilots convert to new glider types"
Congratulations CC!
I was one of three Cambridge pilots competing at Sports level in the Saltby Open Aerobatics over the weekend of 18th July. Bradley Brandt took Gold and Simon Smith (that’s me) took Silver. Dave Rendall was placed second after the first round and it was only a mistake in the next round that spoilt his … Read more "Cambridge pilots take Gold and Silver at Aerobatics competition"
Photos taken of today's Cloud Rally flying at Cambridge Gliding Club, Gransden Lodge
Last week I flew in the Club Class Nationals Competition at Dunstable, London Gliding Club. The Club Class is a mix of older gliders, Libelles, LS4s, Discuses, ASW20s, and others of the era, flown without ballast and with scores handicapped to allow for some semblance of equality. I was flying my DG-300, and we had … Read more "4th at the Club Class Nationals"
The Inter-club league (ICL) is an annual cross-country gliding competition held between local gliding clubs. We are part of the East Midlands ICL; this is held between us, The Gliding Centre – based at Husbands Bosworth airfield (12 mi S. of Leicester) and London Gliding Club – based at Dunstable airfield. Unfortunately, this year London … Read more "The Interclub League 2025: A Tale Of Land-Outs"
About a year ago, one of our professional instructors David Williams planted a seed in my brain – perhaps I should aim to become an instructor myself. At that time, I considered myself still a relatively early glider pilot. I'd gained my license ("bronze & XC", "SPL"), done a handful of cross-country flights, and was … Read more "Journey to becoming a basic instructor"
