Mid summer week seemed a sensible time to pick for flying vintage gliders! With a not too promising forecast we started the week with Al’s Sedbergh having to stay at Keevil due to strong winds. In fact the strong winds were set to stay until Friday along with heavy showers. It turned out that on […]
Category: Operations
Grasshopper population doubled??
Another Grasshopper has found its way into the hangar. WZ798 has been rescued from storage at the Bournemouth Aviation Museum and it has been permanently loaned to the Al Stacey collection. It will be stored for a short time with the Historic Flight whereby it will be assessed if it can be returned to airworthy […]
A full day and many Swallow conversions.
The first full Friday of the season was blessed with fine weather and a good breeze. This helped the MKIII get reasonable heights as it was being used to get some back into current practice before stepping up to the Swallow. A rare 1250′ was seen on one launch but that might have been due […]
Back flying again and Swallow arrives at 621
Towards the end of a very hot and long Easter course the Grasshopper came out to start flying operations again after the layoff whilst efforts have gone into the Sedbergh recover. Rich Manara had his first flights on type with emotions ranging from initially quite nervous to being completely speechless and then with a massive […]
621 VGS Historic Flight – As seen in Pilot Magazine
The Historic flight features in the May Edition of Pilot Magazine after they visited for a photo shoot on last years Soaring week.
Mike Newton re-solo’s Sedbergh
With weather finally suitable for vintage gliders, a small group met and flew the Sedbergh for the afternoon. It was extremely cold in the northerly air flow but we all managed a few flights each. Mike last flew a Sedbergh as captain back in 1979 and it was great to see him flying solo again […]
Swallow close to first flight
These are the first photos of the Swallow, rigged and awaiting paperwork for its first flight. I’m sure all will agree Al has done a fantastic job and it looks absolutely stunning.
Sedbergh trailer gets a touchup!
With the airfield fogged out for most of the 621’s Christmas Course and wet weather entertainment quickly running out, the Sedbergh trailer was brought round to continue some repairs and receive a lick of paint.
More Fun in the Snow!
With the VGS operations limited to a single winch, a chance was grabbed to fly the Grasshopper in the snow. With Tony, Adam, Andy and Phil braving the chilly -2 temperature.
December and a (little) bit of snow!
Not quite the next Friday but thanks to being unable to fly cadets due to a major power and water cut to the hangar we were able to fly the Saturday. Extremely low temperatures left a little snow on the airfield with the runways and taxiways thick with ice ( bought back memories of a […]