Water ballast is carried in tanks or bags inside the wings and sometimes in the tail fins of gliders in order to temporarily increase the weight of the glider for a particular flight. This water ballast is generally jettisoned before landing. By carrying water ballast the glider achieves a higher speed around a task and… Read more Water ballast, what’s that all about?
Ever flop down onto your sofa after a day on the airfield and promptly nod off? If so, thank you. You’re one of those members who does their fair share of pushing and pulling gliders, tractor, winch and retrieve car driving, hangar unpacking and packing, greeting and meeting, log keeping and a multitude of other… Read more Accidental exercise.
Having spotted on Facebook that Lincolnshire Gliding Club do one day gliding courses Paul Whitelam booked one and duly turned up at Strubby to experience piloting a glider. Paul is an experienced pilot of both powerplanes and helicopters and it didn’t take him many launches before he was flying the launch, circuit and landing as… Read more Another one day course success.
Everything you’ve wanted to know about hangar packing but were afraid to ask. It’s different every time. The end.
Definition:-vintage adjective (from the past) produced in the past, and typical of the period in which it was made:a vintage planea vintage cara vintage glider When you think of vintage, maybe wine springs to mind, (maybe wine springs to mind anyway, in which case I would recommend that you seek help: one shouldn’t drink alone.)… Read more Well it doesn’t look like a vintage glider.