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Strubby scenes

Strubby scenes

A glory in the clouds

Looking down on KJL

Up amongst the clouds

40th birthday cake — It’s not a party without cake

The first ever gliding cake at Strubby — Mavis cutting the first cake at Strubby in 1978

Mavis Bourne, Colin Jay and Tony Stainton — And here she is again 40 years later, plus Colin Jay and Tony Stainton

Celebrating 40 years with a picnic — The intrepid crowd out for a party

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Up…

Up…

and away!

Conquering the mighty hills of Strubby

Setting up the field for a fine day’s flying

Congratulations Bert!

Funnel cloud over Alford

Junior pilots hard at work

Any sportsman knows the benefit of stretching!

The next generation being briefed

Snoozing on a glider after a long day on the airfield!

K6 ready to launch

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Happy New Year

Welcome back Bryan!

Merry Christmas to one and all!

Ready to help Santa if the reindeer are poorly!

Three generations of pilots flying at Strubby!

Farewell Bert, and thanks for all the years of instructing, being Chairman and flying at Strubby

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Raising the standards of dress a notch or two!

New look not just for boys!

New uniform for tractor drivers…?

LGC flower & produce show off to a good start!

Charlie Zulu Juliet

Happiness is a vintage glider

Ethan with Nicola Gilroy in the Radio Lincolnshire studio

Another gentle landing for the Swallow — Another gentle landing

Spring is here! First day with chairs out watching the soaring!

Junior pilot on duty

Happy New Year – with a little camera trickery here is everyone who flew on 1st Jan 2016.

Twas the morning of Christmas, and all through the club, the only creature that’s stirring is Kev…

Too tired to aim!

“Should have turned right” and other helpful hints from the ground

glider fleet

Sophia gets back in the pilot’s seat after a long break – welcome back!

One of these is the club mascot 😉

Task week comes to an end – and the hardened few sit outside the caravan!

The north sea

Launch control point

Launch control and sunbathing zone

Ready to launch

Keeping track of flights

Everybody heave! Back to the launch point we go.

Two seater ready for boarding.

Looking down from on high – at 5500 feet in a Swallow

Abdullah Al-Shehri and his crew delighted after nearly an hour in the air!

Preflight checks

The view from above

K13 on training flight — Flying the two-seater

Skegness and offshore wind turbines

Astir ready to go

Strubby Blue ready for action

Where’s the pot of gold?

Age is no barrier

ASW19 in the sunshine

The sun goes down and temperatures fall on what had been a surprisingly warm March day (first 2hr flight of 2015)

Maiden flight in new type

Pat’s first Astir flight of the year

DG300 pushing its way to the front of the photo

A glider line-up

Falke coming in to retrieve visiting Astir

Swallow taking flight

Preparing for take-off

Tractor towing out cable

Waiting for the perfect cloud

K13 in winter plumage

All aboard the Skylark

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Use our contact form or call us on 07576528930 to make a general enquiry. Do not pass payment details over the phone.

If you are looking for us and unsure how to get to us or need to talk to someone who is currently at the club call the launch point on 07715866947. This number will not be answered when we are not flying.

The club is run by volunteers who will do their best to respond swiftly, but it won’t always be immediate.

Please bear with us.

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