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22/09/04 Graham Robertson has reserved two tables (22 Seats) at the Lasham end of season Black Tie do to be held on Saturday 16th October for the Marauders. He will be contacting you guys in the near future in order to fill the seats. Cost £17.50 or contact Graham direct
22/09/04 Food crisis averted - ajourned to the Fur and Feathers (not practical to cater for the masses without electricity and water). Repeat booking made for 15 for next week.
22/09/04 Another winch driver for the Marauders - Jeremy gets checked out and provides 24 good launches
15/09/04 Impending food crisis for next week - there may be a slim possibility that we will be attempting self catering evening next week. Discussions are to be ongoing during the week to come. If you wish to partake or even help please let us know!
15/09/04 Congratulations also go to Jeremy for completing his second 100km BGA Diploma Flight and 'Blue Card' Rating and to Gerrard Phillips (Former WEC member) for completing his Silver Badge - Well Done Chaps!
08/09/04 Congratulations to Steve Atthews on his sucessfull completion of his first solo - followed by another just to prove it was not a fluke!
08/09/04 Names and Money! are now being collected for the end of season do - £10 per head Skittles/Curry Evening at the Golden Pot on 20th October If you wish to attend please let us know on the few remaining Weds evenings or Send us an e-mail
08/09/04 Owing to the excess amount of rain we've suffered recently, unfortunately Dave Bowtell's Field is unavailable this season as the surface is too uneven - maybe next year!
01/09/04 Merv has his worst Nightmare! 25/08/04 First appearance of young master Andrew Sterritt (12 days old) on the course celebrated with copious amounts of Moet & Chandon!
25/08/04 Merv discovers the secret to achieveing incredible launch rates! check out the stats!!
25/08/04 Traditional end of season skittles evening booked for the 20 October at the Golden Pot - we will be collecting names and cash soon (£10 per head approx)
25/08/04 Gary Pullen returns from horrific car crash - scarred with broken arm and foot still desparate to fly! having rigged his new aquisition the Bocian and towed it to the launch point but finally beaten by the weather!
25/08/04 Potential food shortage hits course - 16 September is likely to be last of the nights catered for by Gillian and her crew as she will be returning to Spain. Alternative arrangements will have to be considered - ie The Fur and Feathers 17/08/04 Bad weather won't stop the Marauders! Merv's arranged with Shaun Lapworth for the group to have a go on the Lasham simulator in the event we don't actually fly! 14/08/04 Gary, Brian & Chris start the Saturday EMC 13/08/04 All Out! At 9:43 on Friday 13th of August, Bea gave birth to a little boy. 12/08/04 Dave Bowtell gets the go ahead from the insurance company for this years field landing - two dates provisionally booked for the group. Watch this space! 05/07/04 Regionals week. Our very own Ed Smallbone is vying to retain his crown. Send us your guess as to his overall placing at the end of the week, and the best guess wins a mystery prize. 30/06/04 The plate goes missing. A Dunstable pilot recently turned up at Lasham to retake the trophy. Now we can't exactly say they cheated, but a wooden glider was not used. So all you intrepid people, get into something wooden and shoot off there to bring the trophy back to where it belongs. 30/06/04 Solo he may be, but grounded within days! Read about the ridiculous lengths some members will go to just to get new ab-initio pilots into the group. 25/06/04 Solo and Solo Again Two new solo artists - but can they hold a tune? 25/06/04 Merv predicts 1000 launches by the end of September. Will all pilots please bring night vision goggles from now on. For legal reasons, nobody will be allowed to be in the air for more than 30 minutes after sunset. :o) 23/05/04 Ed and Jeremy go even larger in the Duo Discus Ed saved loads of cash by taking Jeremy flying on the 'day of days'. See the flight and barograph details. 02/06/04 Dave Bwye has his 100 Km Diploma Confirmed 29/05/04 Merv is off to Jaca for a little R&R flying 'Fred', his beloved glider. Does anyone else have a name for their glider? No, you're not that daft are you? Bob Bickers will take over as ÖberLieutennant for the next 2 Wednesdays. 22/05/04 Gary and Merv Go Large Our intrepid heroes chase after the plates in L99. 22/05/04 How I never done it: another field to the collection Tired of reading all those "How I done it" articles in S&G because, like most of us, you'll never be as good as those pilots? Well read Chris's account of the path that led to yet another failure and field landing. This level of incompetence is within everyone's grasp... |
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