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Club Flying Nights: Wednesday 21 May
Scottish Nationals: LLSC/Tinto 20/21 Sep
Scottish Nationals: Arran 17/18 May
Club Nights | AGM | Tinto Clearance
First Day of Season - Sun 10th Feb

Club Flying Night: Wed 21 May

Wednesday 21 May
At the last committee meeting it was decided to try and run some club flying evenings over the summer, with the aim of meeting up at a venue and either flying if the weather was suitable, or, if not then passing some time in the local hostelry.

Whilst the weather this week would have been perfect, it is probably too short notice, so I am keeping my fingers crossed and going for Wednesday 21st May.

We will decide the venue on Monday 19th May and try and keep it relatively easy to access for as many as possible.It will be posted here on the group.

I look forward to seeing you all in the air next week.

For more info email Mark Leyland

LLSC Round (Tinto BBQ): 20/21 Sep May

This weekend (20/21 Sep) will be the rescheduled date for the LLSC round of the Nationals. The forecast is good for flying at Tinto both Saturday and Sunday. This is a great opportunity for everyone who has done less flying than they'd have liked during our unusual summer, to get some good flying before it becomes seriously autumn. Especially our new members who haven;t had much chance to meet up with everyone.

Meet at Wiston Village Hall at 10 on Saturday morning. BBQ on Saturday evening (bring your grub and drink - we provide the BBQ). Camping beside the hall or sleep on the floor in the Hall.

Saturday 20 September 2008
Flying Greenhill (Tinto S). Wind S strong but reasonably smooth cloud low covering the cairn at big Tinto. Flying limited to low in front of Greenhill.

Task 1/1: Fly over forest at front of Greenhill for 100 points then slope land at launch for a further 100 points.

Sunday 21 September 2008
Morning flying Greenhill (Tinto S). Wind SW stronger than yesterday with sharp edged thermals. Cloud clear of cairn on big Tinto Afternoon flying Dungavel. Wind light SW with 90% sunshine and thermic 'magic lift' everywhere.

Task 1/2: Launch Greenhill race to goal Tinto Hotel Symington. Task stopped for safety reasons when some pilots could not penetrate above big Tinto. Scores awarded at 100 points / km from launch at the time the task was stopped.
Task 2/2: Launch Dungavel open distance cross country.

Name Task 1/1 (Sat) Task 1/2 (Sun) Task 2/2 (Sun)

Rik McHarg 0 250 4km

Tommy Bryson 0 0 0

Alastair Tytler 200 0 0

David Thomson 200 50 30km*

Alistair Brown 0 300 2.5km

Giraud Gerard 100 200 0

Richard Vereker 0 0 0

Andy McGregor 100 50 0

Mike Jardine 100 290 5.3km

Tim Reader 0 0 0

Logan Nisbet 0 0 0

Kenny Cooper 200** 0 0

Ian Kennedy 0 50 0

Cliff Smith 0 310 3.2km

David Hutchison 0 50 0

Robert Veitch 0 0 0

Robert Sarnecki 0 100 0

* Landed in his garden in Peebles
** - Did not sign to fly

Arran Round: 17/18 May

Saturday 17 May
Meet 10.45am at the Douglas Hotel (opposite ferry terminal) in Brodick.
The ferry leaves Ardrossan at 9.45am (get there early to ensure your space) - If you want to book a ticket check the ferry website - www.calmac.co.uk. Evening meal Sat night at Ormidale Hotel in Brodick.

Sunday 18 May
Meet at the Douglas Hotel at 10am.

If the weather forecast isn't good we will cancel and reschedule on another date.
Final decision will be made on Thursday 15th May - check Zabdi's website www.flyingfever.net or phone 01770 303899 on Thursday evening for decision on go ahead.

George

Club Nights

During winter the club arranges a monthly meeting as a combined instruction and social evening. This is very much an open forum, so if anyone feels the urge to present a short (20min) talk on a flying-related topic you only have to get in touch. Likewise, bring your flying pics on a CD/DVD for general viewing.
The venue is upstairs at Buchanan Arms Hotel on Buchanan Street in central Glasgow, and only two minutes walk from Queen Street station. There is a bar downstairs with bottled and draught beers, wines, etc.

Club Night Topics

More variety makes it all more interesting, and some of the past talks have covered: XC Routes from Tinto, Flying Holidays in Morocco, Tow Conversions, Hangliding in Ukraine, Global Positioning Using Maps, Best Flying Shots of the Year.....and of course the X-Alps Director's Cut.

Current suggestions for discussions:

GPS Track Visualisation - Demo of different software and maps
Winter Flying - What are the differences when flying in winter conditions?
Choosing Flying Location from Maps - Flyable features to look for on the map.
Convergence - What is it? Where is it? Should I fly in it?
Thermalling Techniques - Always useful and interesting
In-flight Decision Making - Left or Right, Speed up/Slow down: simple answers with difficult decisions

AGM

This year's AGM is scheduled for 26th March, 2008 in the Buchanan Arms Hotel (as always) and provides your first opportunity to pay your subscription early! There is the usual AGM stuff, and election of the committee members, followed by an open photo session to talk us through a selection of your flying photos.

Tinto Clearances

See details of Tinto Clearance - Round 2.

Round 1 of the Tinto clearances took place on Sunday 23rd December and was a great success. There were about twenty volunteers who turned up for the work, and with such large numbers we made excellent progress. It was a bitterly cold day, with strong, icy SE winds blowing up the hill, but once we got the fires burning they were more than a match for the cold.

We have now cleared and burned all of the debris on the lower SW takeoff, as well as extending the hill on the east side. Further work is still required to slash and burn the newly-cut trees, cut down more trees, clear and extend the top takeoff, and open up better access to the windtalker. Dates and details will be posted when decided.