tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21909427890481746612024-03-05T09:44:13.782-08:00Dartmoor Gliding - Interclub LeagueSteve Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12587539550399577753noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2190942789048174661.post-65216059253010796642021-02-18T08:22:00.001-08:002021-02-18T08:31:59.155-08:00<p> Welcome to the South West Interclub league for 2021</p><p>Calling pilots !</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-bfDhU6y67rdb3T5lPbTixfeQ-q8C7_ROpIgnyYCPdb7xqZeaH_acLIKbJhfTBnyGfETCSf3nlsIFbfvvAWqbV580nqRYgCqaKfHU17uvvirSaSfQ5m3ANArjnyOZWlkq6lPdEUU9SYKZ/s1280/IMG_3774+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-bfDhU6y67rdb3T5lPbTixfeQ-q8C7_ROpIgnyYCPdb7xqZeaH_acLIKbJhfTBnyGfETCSf3nlsIFbfvvAWqbV580nqRYgCqaKfHU17uvvirSaSfQ5m3ANArjnyOZWlkq6lPdEUU9SYKZ/w300-h400/IMG_3774+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p>Even though we are not able to host an event ourselves, DGS have been invited into the league for another year. One change to the rules means we can now fly 2x novice pilots in each event , and the normal ,1x intermediate pilot and 1x pundit pilot . This is a get together for all levels with the emphasis on encouraging and helping pilots who are qualified and wanting to start cross country flying, as well as those who want to fly at other clubs and experience the camaraderie of team retrieves and meeting other club members with social BBQs and a beer or two, if you have any questions or reservations about it I can put you intouch with people who have done it for the first time and they will confirm it’s a great thing to do.</p><p>The event is on a Saturday and Sunday each time so no impact of your working week. </p><p>The dates and locations for this year are as follows: TBA Due to Covid19 we hope to run it a bit later than normal, and depending on timings it might just be a few weekends</p><p>Camping is available on site or very nearby.</p><p>B&B are available nearby to all the clubs if camping is not your thing. Each host club normally produces a list of local campsites and B&Bs 2weeks before the event. </p><p>Please let me (Richard Roberts) or Roger Green know if you are in a position to join us for any of the weekends , as pilot , crew or just interested in turning up to find out more and see it all happen. </p><p>Please reply with names of provisional Interest as pilots and what event/ events you wish to attend. This will give me chance to allocate spaces , mentors and crew and confirm </p><p>If you want any more information or encouragement if you are unsure it’s for you. Please call me 07767883434</p><p>BGA League rules available here</p><p><a href="https://members.gliding.co.uk/library/competitions/inter-club-league-rules-2/">https://members.gliding.co.uk/library/competitions/inter-club-league-rules-2/</a><br /></p>Steve Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12587539550399577753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2190942789048174661.post-60533160738971216912018-04-05T01:26:00.001-07:002018-04-05T23:40:51.787-07:00Welcome to the South West Interclub league for 2018Calling pilots !
<br />
<br />
Even though we are not able to host an event ourselves, DGS have been invited
into the league for another year. One change to the rules means we can now fly
2x novice pilots in each event , and the normal ,1x intermediate pilot and 1x
pundit pilot . This is a get together for all levels with the emphasis on
encouraging and helping pilots who are qualified and wanting to start cross
country flying, as well as those who want to fly at other clubs and experience
the camaraderie of team retrieves and meeting other club members with social
BBQs and a beer or two<br />
<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Richard's view of an interesting sky from his Discus during the 2017 Interclub</td></tr>
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The event is on a Saturday and Sunday each time so no impact of your working
week.
<br />
<br />
The dates and locations for this year are as follows:
<br />
28-29 April Mendip (Halesland)<br />
19-20 May North Hill
(Devon and Somerset Gliding Club)<br />
Date to be confirmed Wyvern
(Upavon)<br />
28-29 July The Park (Bath and Wilts & North Dorset
Gliding Club)<br />
18-19August Reserve Weekend tbc if required<br />
<br />
Camping is available on site or very nearby. <br />
B&B are available near by to all the clubs if camping is not your thing.
Each host club normally produces a list of local campsites and B&Bs 2weeks
before the event.
<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roger Green in a field during the 2017 interclub.</td></tr>
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Please let me (Richard Roberts) or Roger Green know if you are in a position
to join us for any of the weekends , as pilot , crew or just interested in
turning up to find out more and see it all happen.
<br />
<br />
Please reply with names of provisional Intrest as pilots and what event/
events you wish to attend. This will give me chance to allocate spaces , mentors
and crew and confirm
<br />
<br />
If you want any more information or encouragement if you are unsure it’s for
you. Please call me 0776788343<br />
<br />
BGA League rules available here<br />
<br />
<a href="https://members.gliding.co.uk/library/competitions/inter-club-league-rules/" target="_blank">https://members.gliding.co.uk/library/competitions/inter-club-league-rules/</a>Steve Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12587539550399577753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2190942789048174661.post-59100701096012752132018-03-01T04:07:00.000-08:002017-04-17T10:56:58.415-07:00Welcome to the SW Interclub league for 2017Even though we are not able to host an event ourselves, DGS have been invited into the league for this year.
One change to the rules that we have the accept is that since we are not able to host an event (as are Shalborne), we are not able to carry forward scores to the following event. We can however be ranked for the day, so we can still compete!<br />
<br />
The dates for this year are as follows:<br />
<ul>
<li>22-23 April Mendip (Halesland)</li>
<li>6-7 May North Hill (Devon and Somerset Gliding Club)</li>
<li>10-11 June Wyvern (Upavon)</li>
<li>22-23 July The Park (Bath and Wilts & North Dorset Gliding Club</li>
<li>25-26 July: North Hill (Devon and Somerset Gliding Club)</li>
<li>15-16 August Reserve Weekend</li>
</ul>
Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2190942789048174661.post-83927295567226425792017-05-20T00:13:00.000-07:002018-04-05T00:55:52.985-07:00Dartmoor Gliding News- ICL 2017 North Hill 6th & 7th MayWell I think my retrieve may be a story on its own but... how did we get to
that ? Well due to the Icl weather going back to form... Saturday was
scrubbed. Sunday was a 50/50 chance, but , as all glider pilots are so positive
they turned up from far and wide. Tasks were novice 98km, inter
...128km and pundit 151km.<br />
<br />
The weather info was not clear so very hard for
the task setters to second guess. What was clear was a late start, low cloud
base and a possible early cut off. Joy!<br />
<br />
Roger Appleboom in true British grit
took the novice task onboard and took a winch launch and with no fuss he was off towards
the first turn point while all the time fighting the head wind and low cloud
base. On cutting the task short and returning to Northill he made the choice to
land in a field well below the high airfield of the club rather than stretch a
final glide. (Retrieve one of the day. )<br />
<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Novice Task</td></tr>
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I was particularly thankful of this
at the end of the day as it meant Roger was all packed up and ready to go when
he got the notice from control that I too had landed out after an almighty
struggle. I got 100km on the 150km task. Only Sam (wyvern )got back on the task
and paddy (Mendip) in the intermediate task.<br />
<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An Ambitious Intermediate</td></tr>
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Everyone else either had to cut and
run or persisted till they found a nice field. ( me included)<br />
<br />
If you look
carefully at the trace below you will work out that I got away from minus
50ft.<br />
( this only being possible as Northill is so high and while on down
wind leg into a selected field with wheel down I chanced upon a 1.5 knot climb
that I cajoled to lift me up) I then knew with the day dying I would not get
back so selected a convenient private airstrip to land at. ( how lucky was
that)<br />
<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And One for the Pundits</td></tr>
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No aero tow retrieve possible from Northill late in the day , Roger and
his wife to the rescue .....(possible story on its own for this one)<br />
<br />
Be a
part of it.<br />
<br />
Next is upavon. Already got pilots but more the better to get the
Dartmoor message out there.<br />
<br />
If you think that in the next two icl's at upavon
and the park we have a full compliment of pilots from Dartmoor I am happy that
we have done ok to date with only three out of the possible six chances used in
the first two icl's<br />
<br />
Onward and definitely upwards ,any how<br />
<br />
<b>Scores for Icl at Northill were- </b><br />
<br />
<b>Novice:
</b><br />
No one passed Y without administrative penalties
<br />
Class not scorable<br />
<br />
<b>Intermediate:
</b><br />
Mendip - 6 points (1st)
<br />
Wyvern - 1 point (2nd)
<br />
DSGC - 0 point<br />
<br />
<b>Pundit:
</b><br />
Wyvern - 6 points (1st)
<br />
Dartmoor - 5 points (2nd)
<br />
DSGC - 0 points<br />
<br />
Points
don't count , smiles do!!!<br />
<br />
Richard Roberts Steve Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12587539550399577753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2190942789048174661.post-89290376888150076592017-05-10T23:42:00.002-07:002018-04-05T00:56:15.569-07:00Dartmoor Gliding News- ICL 2017 Mendip 22nd - 23rd April<div style="text-align: center;">
The Interclub League 2017</div>
<br />
The first ICL of the season was last weekend and the Mendip gliding club have
set the bar high for the next one. They had great weather sorted, great
organisation in both launching and morning briefing and as we all know the most
important thing of the weekend .... the BBQ. Oh and the flying was good ,a
respectable pm start for the teams.<br />
<br />
The gliders ranged from the trusty K6 up
to the asw20's and ventus b's; a great spectacle and worth the trip just to
see how it all works at other clubs.<br />
<br />
Mendip is probably the most similar to
Dartmoor gs and just as friendly.<br />
<br />
Day 1- task was 125km see below.
<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Day 1 Task Declaration</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Day 1 Task</td></tr>
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As the team of one representing Dartmoor I felt the added pressure of putting
in a good account. It helps to concentrate the mind with 1700ft low points and the sky
going blue. However, best thing about flying in an ICL is everyone is so helpful
you know you won't get left in a field on your own (as long as you leave
the keys in your retrieve vehicle.)<br />
<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How could you resist flying with a sky like this</td></tr>
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I made it around ,but in rather slow time as
I got stuck over Shepton mallet and had to 'park up' over the sunny picturesque
town and wait for a thermal to break free.<br />
<br />
Only one land out and a good day
had by all.<br />
<br />
Day 2- It was an even longer wait to get the thermals today. I
launched at 2pm and the task had already been knocked back to the plan B
task (task A was over 165km and very daunting with a late start and the
promise of an early shut off)<br />
<br />
The task of the day was then to be 132km.
Ouch! <br />
<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Day 2</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Day 2</td></tr>
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I was here and rigged and although I had written the day off, why not give
it a go? And what a great thing to do. I knew I had to go quicker just in case the
forecast was right and the wether wind reaaly was that short so I tried to stick to all the tips you are given and read
about.... and do you know some actually work!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Is my Cross Country Speed high enough?</td></tr>
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So update on the results, (lesson one) , get the hang of the loggers/oudie
before you set off on task. My lack of technical knowledge appears to have cost Dartmoor points. I have
found out I missed a turn point halfway through the 2nd task so my (what I
thought was a great average speed) will now only be scored to that point and
show as incomplete. Please use this lesson to get up to speed on your kit,
(lesson 2) and go a little bit deeper into the turn point just to be sure, it may
cost you extra time but is better than the amount of points it cost me.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More good looking clouds</td></tr>
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The good thing is I still had a fantastic time, and the points are a secondary
thing in the ICL. Its all about the flights and smiles you get and helping each
other.
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Next ICL is Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th May. It's on our doorstep at Northill
, what better chance to come and see what it's all about without traveling far.
We still have a space if your a willing pilot wanting to give it ago (a first
50km flight was done at mendip while we were there last weekend)<br />
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If you are
not quite ready for it but want to pop in for the day or the weekend please do.
Never know if you get there sharp and get your name on the list you could also
fly as we have a reciprocal arrangement with Northill<br />
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Hope to see you there<br />
Richard RobertsSteve Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12587539550399577753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2190942789048174661.post-46143071470662916442017-04-17T13:07:00.001-07:002018-04-05T00:56:35.311-07:00ICL 2017<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="color: #cbcbcb; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 24.479999542236328px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
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Even though we are not able to host an event ourselves, DGS have been invited into the league for this year. One change to the rules that we Can have two novices in each event.<br />
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The dates for this year are as follows:<br />
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<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">22-23 April Mendip (Halesland)</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">6-7 May North Hill (Devon and Somerset Gliding Club)</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">10-11 June Wyvern (Upavon)</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">22-23 July The Park (Bath and Wilts & North Dorset Gliding Club</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">19-20 August Reserve Weekend</li>
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Rich Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08987783890170632614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2190942789048174661.post-69150256560521487602014-06-09T18:31:00.001-07:002015-05-08T03:39:17.966-07:00DGS at the Interclub Competition Bannerdown 7/8th June 2014After a very uncertain forecast during the week, on Thursday, Bannerdown made the call to hold the event. For this event Dartmoor had Matt Wiles (Novice class), Ged Nevisky (Intermediate Class), Mike Gadd (Novice class) and Rick Wiles and Ray Swinfield as crew. <br />
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Ged and myself made it to Keevil Friday evening, and after a delay due to trailer electrics on the tow vehicle, Ray, Matt and Rick arrived Sat PM. Since Ged and I were sharing the cirrus, we agreed that Ged would fly on Sunday, and I would fly Sat after the rain of Friday night has passed through.<br />
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My task was a 101km with 3 turnpoints, Keevil, Pewsey, Frome, Devizes, Keevil. After a slow start in the morning to rig and let the rain clear, I launched into a reasonable sky, at 1pm and after a slow scratchy climb out under a low base of about 2600 QNH (2400 QFE), made it to Pewsey (24km) without too much difficulty. Base had now risen to 3400QHN (3200QFE). The push into a 25kt wind to Frome was difficult and every time I got low and circled, I was heading back towards Pewsey, so after a few tries at this, I decided to head towards clouds further away along my into wind track. Alas however, I quickly lost too much height, and not having much to start with, I was now looking at landing options. The cloud I wanted didn’t really work so after a short battle with weak thermals, I headed to my land-out which was a small private airstrip with a windsock. This was to be my first out landing, so I chose carefully to put the glider down in the middle of the field away from the edges and long grass. To my surprise I stopped very quickly as the ground away from the narrow main grass strip that the light aircraft use, was soft and not as expected. However a safe landing to add to my log book at an airstrip called ‘Lydeway’ <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Retrieve by tractor</td></tr>
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The next problem was that I soon found out that access was not good for trailers, so when Ged arrived we could not get the trailer into the airstrip (who would have thought that an airstrip would not have good access!). Next option was for Ged to take an aero-tow out of the field since tug retrieves were on offer from Keevil (I’m not endorsed for aerotow). However the tug pilot was not happy that he could get the motor Falke tug out of this 700m grass strip. So the only option left was to request help from the local light aircraft pilot, who I met when I landed, to get help from the local farmer to borrow a tractor to tow the trailer across the fields into the strip; De-rig the glider, then a tow back out to hook to the car to get back to Keevil for the (as it turned out very lively) social in the evening, put on by Bannerdown club.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not exactly easy access</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Sunday was Ged’s turn flying intermediate task of 177km, Keevil, Membury, Glastonbury, Keevil.</span><br />
The sky looked promising, but the wind was always to be an issue today, and after making the first turnpoint at Membury, he like many was not able to push into the strong winds and ended up landing out. So day 2 was a second retrieve for the open cirrus. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ged'Trace</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ged on aerotow</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Landing in a meadow</td></tr>
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Our novice entry today was Matt Wiles in the club Pirat and there were high hopes that today could present an option for a silver 50KM which Matt is chasing. After 2 valiant attempts, Matt finally managed to connect with the tricky conditions that were materialising for the day, and get away only to find that his task GPS had not triggered a proper start. So rather than risk a false start, he returned to cross the start line to try again. However, this time the conditions put him on the ground once more – commiserations Matt, you did well to make the most of the conditions, better luck next time!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Matt and the Pirat</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Matt ready to launch</td></tr>
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And finally, Dartmoor having being short of a Pundit for Sunday, and Pilot Stewart Renfru (Ventus B) from The Park without a vacant slot, offered to fill the slot and fly for Dartmoor. He also struggled initially, getting a re-light at Keevil, and then making the first turnpont before ending up at Rivar Hill airstrip. A request for a launch from there put him back in the air, but again the conditions put him down again this time at Upavon airstrip. Thanks Stewart for offering to fly for us, however, to fall in line with the spirit of the ICL, scores can only be
accepted from members of the competing club, so regrettably, we could not accept
any points scored.<br />
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Finally on Sunday after the Cirrus was retrieved from a hay meadow, we all headed home after a full and fun weekend with Bannerdown Gliding at Keevil. Special thanks to Ray Swinfield for pulling the club Pirat and crewing for us. Hopefully next time he will get a chance to fly. <br />
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I will publish the scores when I have them. <br />
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Michael Gadd<br />
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<br />Steve Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12587539550399577753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2190942789048174661.post-58190409449451426522014-03-13T07:57:00.004-07:002015-05-08T03:39:40.582-07:00<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Further to the news on the ICL dates as published on the forum, I have two other items to report:<br /><br />- Use of the Club Single Seater: The committee have now approved the use of the Pirat for ICL's for a set fee of £20 / day. It goes without saying that the pilot who takes the glider away, must look after it and be responsible for it.<br /><br />I cannot help with the preparation or transportation of the Pirat, so if you plan to take it away, please let me know anyway, but I'll leave it you to take the lead on this (Ray, I think you are already on the case here?).<br /><br />- GPS: I have been granted permission to purchase a 'Glider Guider' from the tea swindle for DGS pilots to use. Due to the bright screen, these only have a battery life of about 1.5 hours, therefore an independent 12v (fused at 1A) power supply must be provided from the glider battery. I will obtain a suitable power lead, and will aim to prepare it in time for the first ICL meet. I will also configure it, and will offer basic instruction on it's use (since I already have one fitted in my own glider). Let me know if you need this. Since I am not always at the club, we need to find somewhere secure to store it. I also recommend that a spare / charged battery travels with it.<br /><br />Therefore, what I need now are interested pilots to fly these events - they are good fun and will offer an opportunity to fly cross country. If this is not for you yet, but are interested to see how they run, and you fancy a social away, then we need crew and drinking partners!<br /><br />Please let me know!<br /><br />Mike Gadd</span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2190942789048174661.post-90195736599412578782014-01-27T06:05:00.000-08:002015-05-08T03:39:57.312-07:00The 2014 season is nearly upon us!Well a little early I know, but in the next few weeks I should have the dates for this years ICL.<br />
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As with last year, DGS will offer a team for each venue, kindly hosted by our neighbour clubs. As we are not really able to host the ICL, I think it's only good manners to make the effort and attend as many as we can.<br />
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As was the message for last year; ICL's are a great opportunity to fly cross country, so if you're looking for an opportunity to join in on something that is well organised, with tasks set that are within the possibilities of the day, with ground crews to get you if you do land out - then this is it! My first XC last year was nearly 100km around a set course of turn-points, with huge fields to land in if I needed them, something perhaps I wouldn't have attempted if I hadn't been there. This was on a weekend with a dodgy forecast, so for this year, if the host club calls the meet as ON, I will assume they will know more about their own local weather than we do, and we should therefore attend.<br />
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Host clubs are great at putting on these events, offering camping space and facilities, or access to something nearby, and Sat night is usually a BBQ social.<br />
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You must be Bronze with a cross country endorsement and current by the time you fly. Host clubs are always happy to offer check flights for those who want them, but this is up to you!<br />
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Subject to committee approval, I also hope to get access to a club single seater for those who don't have access to their own glider. If you want to attend and wish to fly a club glider, let me know.<br />
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Last year was a good start, we had two scoring events with flights entered into the BGA league, but this year I need more pilots and crew to join in on the fun. Please email me if you're interested and I'll keep you posted on dates.<br />
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Come on, join us!<br />
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Mike Gadd<br />
<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2190942789048174661.post-59263409998774534722013-07-31T08:32:00.000-07:002013-12-06T02:49:29.964-08:00Welcome to the Interclub League 2013Before we know it, the new season will have arrived. We have a bunch of pilots ready to try their first cross countries, and another bunch that ought to be going for 300k flights. <br />
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To help move this along, 2013 we have decided to join in with the regional interclub league (ICL). The ICL is a very informal interclub competition designed to encourage cross country flying, particularly for newbies. <br />
These are really great fun, very sociable and a good way to learn more about cross country flying in a safe environment. <br />
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I am pleased to say that Mike Gadd has agreed to co-ordinate our involvement for 2013 so please give him support by volunteering to enter some of the events and/or volunteering to crew. <br />
The minimum entry qualification for pilots is cross country endorsement+ bronze C. To be crew, you just need a sense of humour. A full team is one novice, one intermediate, and one pundit, the team members will change day by day and event by event. <br />
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Winning is really not important, getting involved is what it is all about. <br />
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You can be involved for as little or as much as you wish, spend the weekend, enjoy a BBQ and a few beers on Saturday night. You can take a tent or stay at the local Ritz its up to you. <br />
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The event dates are now on the club calendar---have a chat with Mike and get involved"<br />
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Don PuttockSteve Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12587539550399577753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2190942789048174661.post-16135236694738719892013-06-07T02:13:00.001-07:002013-12-06T02:49:59.919-08:00Interclub Competition - Round 2 2013Round 2 of the Interclub Competition was held at Bannerdown Gliding Club - Keevil on the 1st and 2nd of June 2013.<br />
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DGS fielded a single pilot, Trevor Taylor flying the Jantar1 in the Pundit Class, who decided to attend without a crew; is that confidence or something else? He was made very welcome at the well run event at the RAFGSA club.<br />
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Day 1.<br />
Task Keevil, Avebury, Worcester, Westbury, Keevil for 220.2 km in a very strong northerly airflow.<br />
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Trevor completed the task after quite a struggle. At one point he had to resort to ridge flying while waiting for the overcast to clear and the thermals to restart. He came 4th on the day. Great effort.<br />
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Day2<br />
Task Keevil, Chievely, Buckingham, Wantage, Trowbridge, Keevil 245.8 km.<br />
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Trevor initially struggled to get away. During this struggle he inadvertently clipped the edge of the Salisbury Plain danger area and returned to Keevil to confess his sins. He took another launch and completed the task in good style with an average speed of 72.6 km. He came second overall but was penalised one place due to the airspace infringement and so ended up 3rd on the day<br />
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Well done Trevor.<br />
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SteveSteve Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12587539550399577753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2190942789048174661.post-61756317635628005102013-05-21T17:09:00.000-07:002013-12-06T02:50:23.316-08:00Team Dartmoor at the Interclub Competition – Round 1 2013Well after a week of weather uncertainty, the competition organiser for The Park (Steven Lambourne) , finally decided on Friday to call the first ICL competition of 2013 as ON. As the weekend weather had looked so bad, by Friday I had lost most of my team for the meet, but Ged and I were still up for going, after all it would be poor not showing up after we had been accepted into the ICL this year. I think that if the host organiser calls the event as ON, it is good manners to show up and attend after all the advanced preparation that goes into hosting a meet. So Friday morning Ged and prepared and made our way with the Open Cirrus to meet Darren Wills and Malcolm Roberts (Team Dartmoor crew) at 'The Park' near Mere in Wiltshire. First impressions on the drive up was how big the fields were in that area, and coupled with an early (low height) crop this time of year, landing out options were looking plentiful.<br />
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We arrived in plenty of time to rig tents, rig the Cirrus and open a bottle of wine to relax in their fine club house and chat with some of the local pilots before an early night in readiness for a 10am briefing on an ever improving forecast for the following day.<br />
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One way of dealing with how to share a shared Glider is to agree weeks in advance of any weather knowledge who will fly on which day - however we had not known this strategy at the time, so even on Sat morning, Ged and I had not really agreed who would fly the shared Open Cirrus and therefore who would be the only entering pilot for this day of the ICL. Well the forecast was looking hopeful enough for a task but not good enough to get too excited, so instead of tossing a coin Ged made the call that I should take the glider that day - which I excepted NERVOUSLY.<br />
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Having completed my cross country endorsement early this year, I had only pushed the glider out from the club as far as Roadford and Burrator reservoir. So I have not yet flown a cross country, yet alone a defined task in a competition - so by the time I was sitting at briefing on Sat morning with my chart, and GPS, I was feeling a little apprehensive to say the least. However flying cross country is why I want to fly gliders, and having a competition where the tasks are set for you, and having crew ready to fetch me in case I landed out - there was never a better opportunity to give it a go than at one of these very friendly and brilliantly organised ICL meets. Here we go then, I'm entered into the Novice class of the first comp I have ever flown!<br />
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My task was a 91.7km race, with a start line (12km line) from cloudbase over The Park, with a further 3 turn points before HOPEFULLY finishing at The Park.<br />
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Start: PRK (The Park)<br />
1. Point: BCA (Bishops Caundle - 27.2km)<br />
1. Point: YEO (Yeovilton Reservoir - 16.1km)<br />
2. Point: PR1 (Park Control Point E - 42.8km)<br />
Finish: PRK (The Park)<br />
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After putting all the points into my PDA (Glider Guider running LK8000), and marking out the task on a chart (in case the PDA failed), we DI'd the glider and waited for my turn to start. It is typical at this comps to let the Pundits go first, then the Intermediates, then finally the Novice (although if a Novice is ready and waiting, like I was, and no other higher classes are ready, then this rule is quite loose . As I am not Aerotow endorsed, Ged, Darren, and Malcolm helped me to the winch launch cue and I was ready to start - now very apprehensive.<br />
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After a beautifully smooth (Skylaunch!) winch to 1200ft, I found myself immediately in lift and I started to climb out to 2000ft QNE - then struggled for a very determined and focused hour to get to cloudbase 5.5nm downwind. My next task was to fly back upwind to the start line to trigger my start, so all I needed to do was fly into the start sector I had programmed into the PDA and radio my start gate to control point. However when I got back into the start sector, my PDA would not trigger my task to start (I am still not not 100% sure why this happened, but I suspect this was incorrect programming of the start sector type when I entered the task on the ground). So I decided to quit the task with the PDA, set the altimeter to QNH, enter the waypoint manually into the PDA and get out the chart (as now I didn't trust the PDA) - and get started on the task. What an amazing feeling this was, I was heading away from the club on a 91km task on my first cross country, and ahead of me was a very promising looking sky! At this point I must also add how important lookout is at any time, let alone at a comp where there were gliders everywhere, and often sharing your Thermal. I didn't want to spend any time messing about with settings on the PDA, and not looking around.<br />
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After lots of very conservative flying and taking more thermals than I really needed, I finally made the first turn point (BCA) and rounded it (or at least I thought I had!), entered the next waypoint into the PDA, and headed towards my next turn point (YEO), checking the compass to verify what the PDA was telling me. By now the conditions were brilliant, a had just taken a rapid climb (6-8kts) to 4500 QNH (short of cloudbase as I didn't want to enter cloud), and my route to point 2 (YEO) had a great good looking sky. Although I was still high, I decided to head towards good clouds, pulling the stick back in lift and pushing in sink, and I continued this strategy all the way round turn point 2 (YEO), and back along my longest leg of 42km towards point 3. At this point I knew I was at least 42km from home, my PDA was telling me I had 300ft of spare height needed to reach point 3, so bearing in mind that it was very likely that I was going to find more lift, decided to speed up a little and extend my glides between Thermals. During this 42km leg I only stopped twice to circle, the first (2kt) thermal was not really needed and only wasted time, the 2nd was definitely needed as I was down to 2000ft (and starting to check my landing options). This second and final climb was a nice 6kt which elevated me back to 4500ft, within very easy reach of my my final point 3 and my final glide home. So unless I hit some unexpected nasty sink, I knew I was home and dry with 2000ft to spare. (during this last climb a glider arrived below me, but left the climb 2000ft before I did, obviously making the better decision in this case to race back with just enough height ahead of me).<br />
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Arriving back at point 3, I had a decision to make, to continue flying along this track for another 8km to get my silver leg of 50km, or head 5.5km back to the club and finish. By this time, I had been flying for 3 hours, the conditions were not good where I needed to go and I needed to relieve myself (after failing with the in flight plumbing), and felt jubilant that I had completed the task and my first cross country, so decided for a lower risk gentle circuit and touch down feeling very pleased with myself. (Silver legs will have to wait).<br />
So after a quick field retrieve (thanks Darren), I had parked the glider and rushed my logger to the control point to officially enter my task into the scores. And now came the shock, as my trace appeared on the screen, I instantly knew what I had done - in all the busyness of getting to point 2, I had flown the wrong side of it, and had therefore missed it by 0.7KM - what an anti-climax! I left the room, went to my tent and decided to make tea.<br />
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After about 15 minutes Darren appeared, and told me that I was within the rules, they would allow my task, but with a penalty of 50 points - so Dartmoor Gliding would score then, excellent!<br />
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Whether or not I had made the task, I had the best gliding flight I've ever had, to be out of range of the field and flying cross country is what I set to to do when I decided to fly gliders. I had experience of this in the past in hang gliding, but always downwind dashing, not having the performance to actually fly and navigate a route of turn points over this sort of distance - which is only the start of what is possible with these beautiful flying machines.<br />
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I came last (see scores to follow), beaten by better pilots than me, that flew faster than me in Astirs and K6E's - but I don't care - this time!<br />
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The next ICL is in 2 weeks in Keevil, unfortunately I can't make this one, but I'm still hoping to put a team together for it - please let me know if you can attend this. And please don't wait for forecasts of perfect conditions before you decide, you can't always read the weather as this weekend has just proved. The conditions at the The Park were excellent from a very dodgy forecast. Also I think it is only good manners when a comp is called as ON by the organisers that know the local conditions well, that we show up and have some fun with our fellow flying friends.<br />
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There are always lessons learned, mine this time are:<br />
- Understand start gates, and how to program them into the PDA tactical flight software<br />
- Do always make sure you have a backup if the PDA fails (as I'm glad I did in this case)<br />
- Request that task setters set at least one 50KM leg into the Novice class (for Silver legs)<br />
- Get my in-flight plumbing sorted out<br />
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Finally, thanks to Ged to letting me take the glider that day, the conditions turned out better than expected with most pilots making the tasks (Pundit 186km, Intermediate 142km), I'm sure he would taken good advantage of the conditions. Thanks to Darren and Malcolm for crew, and making up Team Dartmoor.<br />
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Looking forward to the next one and more flying - this is addictive!<br />
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Mike GaddSteve Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12587539550399577753noreply@blogger.com0