Gliding

[Rifleman]

Fantastic Photo's, Luke!... ...!

Like Balloonists, I often wonder what happens when you finally run out of "Lift", and you are miles from "Home"... ...!

F....EGBS..... 8-)....!

You land out............

[EGNX]

Fantastic Photo's, Luke!... ...!

Like Balloonists, I often wonder what happens when you finally run out of "Lift", and you are miles from "Home"... ...!

F....EGBS..... 8-)....!

You land out............

Yup.... quite a lot of fields and places to land if needed in the local area... Just a big pain in having to disassemble the Glider and transport it home. We have had two civilian gliders land at Syerston a few months back, they were both taking part in a competition in the area and wandered a bit too far and couldn't make it back. Luckily one of them called out a Tow aircraft (G-TUGY  ::) to be precise) to come and give him a lift home, but the other had to disassemble and get a trailer to come and pick him up!  ::)

[cpthammond]

Very cool Syerston not far from wheer i was born (Melton) but now I live near Cranwell. Great Photos hope you had fun!!!

[C]

Very cool Syerston not far from wheer i was born (Melton) but now I live near Cranwell. Great Photos hope you had fun!!!

Syerston, as the crow flies, is about 17 miles from Cranwell...


...and about 18 from Melton Mowbray.

[Fozzer]

...and about 18 (miles) from Melton Mowbray.

Mmmmm....Yummy!...

Pork Pies!.... [smiley=thumbsup.gif]...!

F.... ...!

P.S....If you are forced to land in a Farmers field and damage his crops, (or terrify his Cows, etc), does he get all upset (12-Bore Shot-Gun?), and charge you for any damage... ...?

[EGNX]

Very cool Syerston not far from wheer i was born (Melton) but now I live near Cranwell. Great Photos hope you had fun!!!

Syerston, as the crow flies, is about 17 miles from Cranwell...


...and about 18 from Melton Mowbray.

Takes me about 35 minutes from Leicester, just straight down the A46... roughly a 60 mile round trip every weekend... at least im not paying the fuel bill, yet...  ::)

[Omag 2.0]

The winching part looks rather intense... a bit like James May statement when climbing with the Eurofighter... We're at 5.000 ft and my stomach is still on the runway...  ;D

[EGNX]

[quote]The winching part looks rather intense... a bit like James May statement when climbing with the Eurofighter... We're at 5.000 ft and my stomach is still on the runway...

[C]

...and about 18 (miles) from Melton Mowbray.

Mmmmm....Yummy!...

Pork Pies!.... [smiley=thumbsup.gif]...!

Oddly enough Paul, as soon as I wrote that, I though of food, and had to go and get dinner! (although sadly I didn'e have any pork pie!)