TVHGC Flying Diary: December 2008

31 / 12 / 2008 :: Firle

Name	::	Steve Empringham
Email	::	_at_
Date	::	31 / 12 / 2008
Direction	::	North
Comments	::	Defected to Southern sites for a glassy-smooth soar at Firle, under milky sky. Sun peaking through later but then got a bit windy for my tastes. Plenty still flying when I left though.
Weather	::	06:00 12:00 18:00
Pictures	::	http://www.tvhgc.co.uk/photo_gallery/
XC League	::	TVHGC :: National

30 / 12 / 2008 :: B. H.

Name	::	mike Hibbit
Email	::	cloud9airsports _at_ btopenworld.com
Date	::	30 / 12 / 2008
Direction	::	North East
Comments	::	After being dragged screaming and shouting around the shops in Reading, I noticed on the way home that the wind was blowing across the M4 and the sun had come out. So............. A light wind was blowing straight on the hill and good fun was experienced by one and all as we swooped about close to the top on the hill on the magic Nova Ibex 15! PS Only a month to go now and Combe will be open again! Happy New Year.
Weather	::	06:00 12:00 18:00
Pictures	::	http://www.tvhgc.co.uk/photo_gallery/
XC League	::	TVHGC :: National

29 / 12 / 2008 :: Mercury & Whitewool

Name	::	Paul & Kay
Email	::	_at_
Date	::	29 / 12 / 2008
Direction	::	East
Comments	::	A Perfect day for road testing the New M&S Thermals.Constant wind allday (no more curried eggs for me),very flyable, bouyant & a bit breezy @ times,but utra smooth conditions,Mercury not often this empty,I think the cold kept many away. Finished the day scratching @ Whitewool. Nice Flying Steve or was it the New Wing?. Yep,Stayed warm...
Weather	::	06:00 12:00 18:00
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XC League	::	TVHGC :: National

29 / 12 / 2008 :: Mercury

Name	::	Steve Newcombe
Email	::	_at_
Date	::	29 / 12 / 2008
Direction	::	East
Comments	::	Lovely sunny day but bitterly cold. A bit breezy for most of the day, but plenty of flying was had by some well wrapped up pilots with some breaks during the windier periods. PG, HG and modellers all out to play. Nice to get one more flight in before the year end, and the first one on my new wing:-)
Weather	::	06:00 12:00 18:00
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XC League	::	TVHGC :: National

17 / 12 / 2008 :: Westbusy

Name	::	Reech
Email	::	_at_
Date	::	17 / 12 / 2008
Direction	::	North West
Comments	::	WNW really. A bit strong at times and bumpy, but good fun!!!!!!!
Weather	::	06:00 12:00 18:00
Pictures	::	http://www.tvhgc.co.uk/photo_gallery/
XC League	::	TVHGC :: National

17 / 12 / 2008 :: Westbury

Name	::	Fi Burgess
Email	::	_at_
Date	::	17 / 12 / 2008
Direction	::	North West
Comments	::	Bright blue skies, cold, bit bumpy (goodness, thermals in December!). Arrived early and had a good fly for over an hour with Peps until it picked up and I started to feel stationary overhead, so time to land. Then it went a bit westerly as well. Thanks to Pete for throwing endless things for the big dog and teaching the terrier to dig for moles!
Weather	::	06:00 12:00 18:00
Pictures	::	Nope
XC League	::	TVHGC :: National

16 / 12 / 2008 :: Milk Hill

Name	::	Mike Long
Email	::	_at_
Date	::	16 / 12 / 2008
Direction	::	South West
Comments	::	By the time I had got to the hill at 12.30 Chris W. had already got a half hour flight in before the fog thickened up with the wind blowing 10mph at the car park.. We decided to head to Sugar so Chris packed his model glider up and off we set. Fi met us there. The wind was light but steadily increased but not quite enough for a good soar..... still, we did try!
Weather	::	06:00 12:00 18:00
Pictures	::	http://www.tvhgc.co.uk/photo_gallery/
XC League	::	TVHGC :: National

10 / 12 / 2008 :: Westbusy

Name	::	Reech
Email	::	_at_
Date	::	10 / 12 / 2008
Direction	::	North West
Comments	::	Big fun was had!!!! Have a look at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCV_TyzSyq0&feature=channel_page Were a load of laughs, in a very cold kinda way....
Weather	::	06:00 12:00 18:00
Pictures	::	http://www.tvhgc.co.uk/photo_gallery/
XC League	::	TVHGC :: National

11 / 12 / 2008 :: Wiltshire somewhere

Name	::	Fi Burgess & Mike Long
Email	::	_at_
Date	::	11 / 12 / 2008
Direction	::	North West
Comments	::	Forecast looked iffy and light but we managed 2 hours flying...ooops I meant 2 minutes, spread over 2 flights. Nice day though and thanks to Mike for again making the effort as it was just the 2 of us until sunset(but not at all romantic)
Weather	::	06:00 12:00 18:00
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XC League	::	TVHGC :: National

10 / 12 / 2008 :: Liddington

Name	::	Chris Williams
Email	::	_at_
Date	::	10 / 12 / 2008
Direction	::	North West
Comments	::	Ooops! Didn't get the right web code thingy for my snaps yesterday so I'll try again:
Weather	::	06:00 12:00 18:00
Pictures	::	http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i274/weejetpilot/Liddington/
XC League	::	TVHGC :: National

10 / 12 / 2008 ::

Name	::
Email	::	_at_
Date	::	10 / 12 / 2008
Direction	::	North
Comments	::	Another snap of Mike cruising the December air at Liddington.
Weather	::	06:00 12:00 18:00
Pictures	::	http://www.tvhgc.co.uk/photo_gallery/http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i274/weejetpilot/MikeLiddington.jpg
XC League	::	TVHGC :: National

10 / 12 / 2008 :: Liddington

Name	::	Chris Williams
Email	::	chr15 _at_ btinternet.com
Date	::	10 / 12 / 2008
Direction	::	North West
Comments	::	The forecast 9mph increasing to 12mph was conspicuous by its absence when Mike Long & I arrived at 1130am, but this quickly picked up so we launched into lifty, but turbulent and thermic air. It was at our limit so we elected to bottom land and wait for it to calm a bit. Lunch and several laps of the fort later it calmed sufficiently to get ready whereupon it dropped right down. We then spent a happy half hour just maintaining height before a bottom landing.
Weather	::	06:00 12:00 18:00
Pictures	::	http://www.tvhgc.co.uk/photo_gallery/http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i274/weejetpilot/LiddingtonSunset.jpg
XC League	::	TVHGC :: National

06 / 12 / 2008 :: Westbury

Name	::	Richard Ford
Email	::	_at_
Date	::	06 / 12 / 2008
Direction	::	North
Comments	::	Arrived at about 11:15 no gliders in the air, light wind slightly off. After a bit of chatting the wind picked up and came on the hill. Managed to get 3 brief flights in before conditions dropped off. Great to be back in the air!
Weather	::	06:00 12:00 18:00
Pictures	::	http://www.tvhgc.co.uk/photo_gallery/
XC League	::	TVHGC :: National

06 / 12 / 2008 :: Lord's Seat

Name	::	mike Hibbit
Email	::	cloud9airsports _at_ btopenworld.com
Date	::	06 / 12 / 2008
Direction	::	North
Comments	::	12 noon on Mam Tor. Wind WNW v. light. Two guys had launched from the north facing Lord's Seat and contacted wave a couple of hours earlier! About 25 pilots on Mam Tor and 6 on LS. Nothing much happened for 2 hours, so with wind now westerly, I set off for Bradwell Edge. Wind northerly! So back to Mam Tor, where the wind was still WNW and even scratchier! Car park full of disapointed, negative pilots so left them and started off on the half hour walk to the top of Lord's Seat. At the top I was rewarded with a 18-20 mph northerly wind, ideal for my demo Nova Ibex 15! So persistance paid off and I enjoyed some superb, amazingly bouant air, flying on this fabulous Peak District ridge, as the sun slowly dissapeared on the horizon. on a crisp winters day.
Weather	::	06:00 12:00 18:00
Pictures	::	http://www.tvhgc.co.uk/photo_gallery/
XC League	::	TVHGC :: National

06 / 12 / 2008 :: U.W.H

Name	::	Bob Johnston
Email	::	_at_
Date	::	06 / 12 / 2008
Direction	::	North
Comments	::	Fun was had by a handful of us in the low winter sun, light and scratchy dropping off by 2ish But it was nice to get airbourne even if most of it was for me at least on the tandem solo which then handles even more like a bus than normal, turning circle about the same as a super tanker so I missed most thermals. John got one flight closer to his tandem rating and then lack of wind stopped play.
Weather	::	06:00 12:00 18:00
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XC League	::	TVHGC :: National

01 / 12 / 2008 :: Westbury

Name	::	Chris Williams
Email	::	chr15williams _at_ btinternet.com
Date	::	01 / 12 / 2008
Direction	::	North
Comments	::	After an hour's ground handling, Tim from AvonHGPG arrived and sent himself up as weather checker. As he rapidly disappeared upwards I assessed the conditions as quite good. I resisted the urge to join him until he had reported back after 20 minutes. In that time conditions had picked up so struggled to launch. 42 minutes of excellent lift with thermals coming through & chasing buzzards up the ridge! Watching others trying to launch & hovering gave me the clue that the wind had picked up prompting a vertical descent to an "arrival" alarmingly close to the fence.
Weather	::	06:00 12:00 18:00
Pictures	::	http://www.tvhgc.co.uk/photo_gallery/
XC League	::	TVHGC :: National