The Thrill of the Thermals : A First Experience of Gliding
One of the attendees of our Women’s Go Gliding Weekend wrote this post about her experience and it’s truly inspiring! Check it out here
Soaring
The video displays a glider circling within a thermal, accompanied by the sound emitted by the electronic variometer, or vario. The pitch of this sound alters to signal whether the glider is ascending or descending in the air, enabling the pilot to focus on flying without needing to glance at the instruments. Two variometers are …
Aerotow for City University
City University from London has established a tradition of bringing its engineering students with a keen interest in aviation to CGC, offering them a unique opportunity to engage in firsthand airborne data collection. Despite the harsh winter weather taking its toll on the grass runways, rendering them waterlogged and dotted with puddles, today marked a …
Into the blue!
Tracking your flights
Keeping track of your progress learning to fly can be more than just keeping your logbook up to date, there’s a range of navigation and tracking software that glider pilots can use to create a digital record of each flight. All you need is a smart phone with GPS. As long as you can run …
Heavy Snow in Bedfordshire
Winter flying can be fun with crisp clear days & good visibility on the days the sun has got his hat on. It is important to dress up warm of course although it can get nice & toasty in the cockpit with clear blue skies. It is also a great time to learn to fly …
