Thursday 1st January 2026 - Happy New Year to all club members and 3 fly at Itford Hill.

 I would like to take this opportunity to wish all our club members and our wider readership a very Happy and Prosperous New Year. The Club is looking forward to the weather improving and being able to visit the slopes and for some members to display their winter builds. As I have mentioned before the Club is going from strength to strength and we now have 54 members after our annual renewal process. 

It was decided to have an outing to Itford Hill to start the New Year off in style. Unfortunately, the actual wind speed was a lot lower than what the forecast predicted. This made flying a bit marginal. The 3 of us, Rob S, Martin J and myself pressed on regardless. Luckily, it was not as cold as it could have been.

Another reason for being at Itford was to meet a potential member called Daniel who brought along a number of gliders. I do understand that he will be joining the Club. 

Thanks to all for a great morning out.

Christmas Holiday Flying

Four SSS Members braved an unusually busy car park at Bo-Peep this morning to enjoy a brisk North Easterly.

 Nick W and Rob P trudged Eastwards to the usual area, while Scot, Nick V and Martin J tried the slope about 300m East of the Car Park.Nick W flew his Magic and Rob P aired his Grunt.

Meanwhile, on the other slope, Martin, Scot and Nick V were armed with Wild Things. 

In addition, Scot flew his ME163 Comet.

Nick V sucscessfully maidened his Extreme which flew well in the smooth if cold conditions.

Less sucsessful was his Pelican which didn't make it into the air due to a fault in the all moving wings.

Martin had several good flights with his Sierra and Aggressor.

A good morning to blow the cobwebs away and hoping to enjoy the slopes again as the wind has settled into Northerlies for a while.