Sadly I have to report the demise of long term Sqn member Bob Neill. Bob was heavily involved in the world of gliding throughout his life and ran the Squadron's involvement with the Portsmouth Naval Gliding Club. His first and last flights were made at the Midland Gliding Club at the Long Mynd in Shropshire, where he was chairman for a period. During ...
Monday 16th December a number of FAA members attended the Navy Wings Christmas Hangar Party to present a cheque for £500 to this fine organisation working to preserve our naval aviation heritage.
Cheque presentation
Another excellent dinner was enjoyed at the Abbey Hotel Malvern, preceded as usual by the AGM. Guest speaker was our own (not so ) tame submariner Steve Sykes who regaled us with tales of underwater derring do.
Tasty
Last Saturday we visited Halfpenny Green Airfield near Wolverhampton. The weather gods smiled on us (for once) and provided a lovely day, resulting in an excellent turnout of 9 aircraft and 20 people. Annoyingly I had to drive as the Jodel was still parked in 6'' of water at Sleap after the great flood of 2024, and those based at grass strips were ...
Biblical amounts of rain in September meant that the planned fly in to Sandown on 28th September became a short notice lunchaway to Brown Shutters Farm. Flexibility is the key to air power and all that. The Sqn WattsApp group proved ...
August and September haven't been particularly kind to us weatherwise, although we have managed a couple of scrambles to Shobdon and Turweston. However, the met finally played ball for our overnighter to East Kirkby in Lincolnshire on the 18th/19th Sep. We were visiting Bomber Country to see Lancaster Just Jane ground running, with an overnight ...
The Sqn has supported gliding scholarships for many years. The purpose is to sponsor young people on gliding courses to inspire and enthuse them in the professionalism and fun of aviation. Many have then gone on to join the services and become military aviators. This year we have sponsored 2 students who completed their courses at Middle Wallop ...
