Published: 1 Jan 2020
Sat Feb 1, 2020* from 11am to 3pm at St Marys School, Bradford Road, Menston, Ilkley, LS29 6AE. *NOTE: this is a date change as it was originally scheduled for Sat Feb 8, 2020. This is your chance to repack your reserve in time for...
Continue readingPublished: 26 Nov 2019
A quick reminder that the next event is our AGM! Yes our annual general meeting, this is your opportunity to have a say about the club or get involved. We are trying to make the AGM into another great social evening in our winter calender, so...
Continue readingPublished: 17 Nov 2019
DHPC annual Film and Photo Competition. This annual event is one of my favourite nights of the year, but it does require film entries to make it! So start trawling through all that Gopro footage. We want to see your exploits on the big...
Continue readingPublished: 17 Nov 2019
On Thursday 5th Nov we welcome virtually Kieran Campbell. Kieran is a photographer from rural Aberdeenshire, Scotland – who loves to travel, and paraglide. Kieran will give us an insight into flying in Bonny Scotland and beyond as well as...
Continue readingPublished: 31 Oct 2019
Qick reminder that the next club night is the 7th November.This evening will be delivered by double act ‘The flying Vets’ Rob Welford and James Allcock. They will give us the inside track on the XLAKES competition, one of the only hike...
Continue readingPublished: 12 Oct 2019
Sat Feb 1, 2020* from 11am to 3pm at St Marys School, Bradford Road, Menston, Ilkley, LS29 6AE. *NOTE: this is a date change as it was originally scheduled for Sat Feb 8, 2020. This is your chance to repack your reserve in time for...
Continue readingPublished: 22 Sep 2019
On the 3rd October 2019 we will welcome Tim Pentreath An adventurous pilot who flies Vol Biv in the UK and abroad. He is the face of XC retrieve and UK distributor of XC Tracer. This evening will not disappoint! NEW...
Continue readingPublished: 19 Sep 2019
Various roads in the Dales will be closed for the UCI Cycling World Championships. There is a useful interactive map here: https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/uci-road-world-cycling-championships From what I can gather it affects Wensleydale,...
Continue readingPublished: 28 Aug 2019
Our first guest of the season is HARRY BLOXHAM. Harry is a UK competition pilot (who just won the Brisith Champs in Pedro Bernardo) and takes amazing photos! Hopefully we will get some hints and tips on how to capture epic pictures of our...
Continue readingPublished: 12 Jul 2019
On few Ascent 4 the glider went into a condition similar to deep stall after big ears maneuver was carried out (high sink rate also after releasing ears), or when brakes were pulled too far on slow speed a deep stall tendency was determined. Most of...
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