So many achievements for such short little time With a forecast of what seemed to be impending doom upon RAF Cranwell for Saturday, spirits were not dampened as a handful of volunteering members attended the gliding club hangar to give some TLC to the structure and its contents. A series of tasks ranging from basic […]
A hopeful bank holiday weekend With a bank holiday weekend meaning 3 full days of flying, Cranwell Gliding Club members eagerly attended the airfield despite a not so great forecast looming over the Lincolnshire skies. 41 total members attended, with many private aircraft taking to the skies on Sunday too. As members arrived at the […]
Soaring, visits and new members all around Cross-section forecasts were released looking very promising this weekend, and they delivered again. Members flocked to the airfield on both days looking to take the, once again, fantastic skies above RAF Cranwell. Saturday saw 54 flights following an attendance of 25 members, with a multitude of our pilots […]
A successful Easter bank holiday With the team at Cranwell looking forward to a prospective 4 days Easter bank holiday flying, plans were put in place for all silver and gold pilots to return to flying, adding to our growing roster of current pilots at the club after the COVID break. This weekend gave us […]
Getting the fleet and crew primed for take off. In continuation of dedicating these first weekends to getting all instructors current, so that flying may resume for all pilots once restrictions are eased, Saturday was a busy day for all volunteers out on the airfield looking to achieve 27 flights in 1 day, with a […]
The return to flying has started! With restrictions slowly being eased, we proceeded to dedicate this weekend and the next to getting our experienced team of instructors current, so they’re ready and rearing to bring the rest of the club up to scratch after a long time away from the airfield. Saturday was all hands […]
