Expedition reports, cross-country flight achievements, cadet milestones, and airfield updates from Gransden Lodge Airfield.
Earlier this week I flew from Cambridge to Bicester. This gave a beautiful view of the route of HS2 which will whisk people in comfort and speed from Birmingham to Quite Near London. At Calvert, HS2 crosses the other major rail infrastructure build taking place in England right now – East West Rail, which goes … Read more "Trainspotting"
I've been in a syndicate with John Birch in a Duo Discus Turbo since 2002. Over the years we have had many wonderful shared flights. We hadn't flown together in the last 4 to 5 years, a combination of Covid and John's increasing age. On the 23rd June the forecast looked very good in East … Read more "300km glider flight to the coast and back"
This was a long cross-country flight to Hay on Wye on the day of the Hay festival. The lesson is perseverance to keep going when there were slow patches. Richard Maisonpierre
