Author: HF JR

We don’t always get to use the airfield, sometimes it’s used by the Army for exercises. We don’t mind – as long as they don’t dent it! We were flying again today though!

The Historic Flight was operating in smaller numbers than usual today with some of the VGS staff on duty. However there was a considerable amount of soaring with the Barge spotted at over 4,000ft. As usual when you dress for the occasion you fly a circuit when you don’t dress for the occasion you are […]

The Historic Flight has been active today and the previous two Saturdays. 2 weeks ago a lot of launches and soaring was achieved. Last week the weather was not very kind but a small group flew the Swallow with one flight exceeding 30 minutes. Today was very windy in fact too windy to risk bring […]

Since Christmas we have been operating with small numbers gradually getting a core crew current again in all aspects of the Historic Flight. On Saturday with attendees in double figures for the first time nobody was that enthusiastic with strong winds forecast and a cloud base lowering to under 1000′. It just goes to show […]

With the grounding continuing more much needed maintenance has taken place. Jono and Webby spent an entire day repairing the Sedbergh trailer to safely secure the glider inside it. This work continued today with the braking system being overhauled as the old cabling had disintegrated. Al’s Sedbergh WB981 has been thoroughly washed to remove all […]

With everything conspiring to prevent aviation from Hullavington we were unable to fly the Historic Gliders this weekend. Many thanks to those that turned up for a long day of much needed maintenance – it’s days like these that are essential to enabling all to enjoy the lovely gliders we have access to ! The […]

With the VGS grounded the opportunity was taken to fly the historic gliders over the Sunday and Monday and enjoy a social with friends and family having a BBQ. A hardy few even stayed over in tents.Over the two days we managed nearly 130 launches ! There was soaring available both days and the CFI […]

After two consecutive Fridays, we had the luxury of the airfield for Good Friday and Easter Saturday and managed 60 launches over those two days. Welcome to the syndicate to Luke, Toby, Andy, Ian and Paul. We’ve had many people converting to new types, there are some excellent pictures on the 621 Historic Flight Facebook […]

A small group braved the heavy showers yesterday and our new season has started. Fortunately the not forecast 180 wind allowed rapid retrieves to the hanger to protect the Sedbergh from torrential downpours. Everybody had a couple of flights and all agree the Sedbergh is flying beautifully. At the pub after it was decided to […]