Author: HF JR

Sedburgh flies at St Athan

On Sunday 6th September WB922 was shoehorned into its trailer and taken abroad to Wales to fly as a part of the 634VGS MOD St Athan families day. A lot of behind the scenes work had been undertaken by 634 as St Athan lies within the Cardiff CTR and we would be operating a non […]

Ex OC 621 flies Sedbergh solo again

A little disappointing from the weather point of view last Friday. We managed to set up the airfield in time for the drizzle, had a handful of launches in between showers and then got stopped by more heavy rain.On a more positive note, welcome to our latest flying syndicate member Shaun Stent, for those that […]

Another Pleasant Friday!

A very pleasant day last Friday with plenty of flying. We were able to keep both the Prefect and Sedbergh flying throughout the afternoon and early evening. Al Stacey popped in and flew his glider( the least we could do as we have had it nearly a year!). Pete Turner has joined the flying syndicate, […]

Turning back the clock at 621

An excellent day today and it was like turning back the clock at 621! Daryl Mansbridge has joined the flying syndicate and re-soloed the Prefect after 35years! Andy Davey pitched up out of the blue and after a series of checks in the Sedbergh also flew the Prefect which he missed during his time at […]

Sedbergh, Prefect and snow !!!

For those that couldn’t make yesterday what a day to miss!!We arrived at the airfield to find 6 – 8 inches of snow, Del Kitcher immediately got his car stuck requiring Gav and Brian’s recovery services, it was quite a challenge to all just getting cars to the hangar!A tractor was borrowed!! this was the […]

Flying through the fog.

Last weekend saw fairly thick fog sat over the airfield for most of both Friday and Saturday. On Friday, with flying the Sedbergh out of the question, those assembled started the task of derigging the aircraft in order to do the repair work required after it’s C of A. Once complete, and with the conditions […]

Winter Maintenance

Hi all, The Sedbergh C of A this year showed up some work that will be required over the winter. It mainly involves wire brushing rust and then repainting to protect. Unfortunately the glider will require de-rigging in order to gain access to some of the areas requiring attention. I propose that after the Friday […]

Good news for the coffers!

Hi all, I took a trip to Bicester today to try and sell some of the Venture spares we had aquired from Albert Johnson. I sold 2 fuel tanks, 3 tyres, a worn prop and 2 engine cowls and made £700! I’m keeping £20 for fuel (240 mile round trip!), giving half back to Albert […]