The May club meeting was the first this year in the Summer Saturday BBQ format. It came with bright sunny weather, if a little breezy, and had a good turnout. […]

The first round of the 2025 eCaprice competition was well suited by the conditions on the morning of the 27th April, with glorious weather and huge thermals before lunch. There […]

A group of Hanky Planky fliers were impressed today by the successful maiden flight of Glen Tennant’s version of the Terry Anderson’s Dracan. This was originally described as “an easy […]

I was delighted when Clive organised a guided trip to the Wings Museum near Balcombe, for club members. I must admit that I knew nothing about the museum and I […]

The 10th August ’24 Club afternoon & BBQ at Coombes was themed “Glider Flying” with aero tow, plus general flying between slots. Members were grateful to Mark for the excellent […]

On 2nd July 2024 members were again treated to an exceptionally interesting tour of the Lasham Vintage Glider Museum. We were guided by Gordon, whose knowledge of the gliders seemed […]

The Chris Foss Fly-in – postponed from the previous Saturday due to high winds – was a huge success with around 30 Chris Foss models. Wots of various sizes were […]

Below is a wonderful collection of photographs taken by Robin Atkinson at the vintage glider aerotow at Southdown Gliding Club. All credit to Colin Lucas for providing the tows for […]

The theme of the June Club Night was a commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of D-Day. There was a great turnout and a tasy BBQ, but no scale flying due […]

Prompted by the forecast of a calm evening Les Crane had the idea of an impromptu biplane session on 25th May and placed a post on the Happy Flyers WhatsApp […]