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- '''Welcome to the Wiki of the Cambridge University Gliding Club!''' ...dge that flies gliders, unpowered planes. General information about us and the sport can be found on our main website at [http://cugc.org.uk cugc.org.uk].1 KB (201 words) - 00:26, 30 September 2020
- ...e of high-tensile steel wire or a synthetic fiber, attached to the glider. The cable is released at a height of about 400 to 700 metres (1,300 to 2,200 ft ...rom the cable, otherwise the flight will be short. A break in the cable of the weak link during a winch launch is a possibility for which pilots are train3 KB (582 words) - 15:44, 7 March 2019
- The Cambridge Gliding Club (CGC) provides a detailed training manual. You may also find it useful to r * ''The Glider Pilots Manual'' by Ken Stewart6 KB (1,070 words) - 23:41, 1 February 2018
- ...tions. Many sites we go to have large ridges that give consistent lift for the whole of our stay. We usually go for a week about 3 times a year, taking [[ ...er in a group of 5–10 students plus instructors, and stay on or near the airfield depending on whether they have accommodation.4 KB (607 words) - 18:54, 23 March 2020
- ...s the purity of the flying and this can captured no more elegantly that by the vintage glider movement. ...ter affectionately named 'Bluebell' is still available to fly at the local club, and there is no nicer place to be on a hot summer's day!1 KB (181 words) - 01:21, 12 January 2018
- ''Maintenance information is in the Equipment officer’s guide.'' ...ual. The flight manual is kept in the CU folder in one of the cupboards in the workshop.}}20 KB (3,677 words) - 12:13, 2 September 2020
- ...n]], and is the traditional opportunity for us to show our skills against "the other place". ...oint per minute, climbing for 2 points per 100 ft, and then to land before the 50 minutes are up as there is then a deduction of 6 points per minute. Flig37 KB (5,733 words) - 16:14, 11 July 2023
- ''Editor's note: as of January 2018, the competition's website is inactive. The last entries were made in 2012. Is this competition still running?'' ...my fb; it will be hosted at Loughborough University / Buckminster Gliding Club in July 2019."''6 KB (943 words) - 00:26, 8 March 2019
- ...ASW19B "[[:Category:CU|CU]]" belonging to the Cambridge University Gliding Club. ...ed – he was the first-ever recipient of the Lilienthal Gliding Medal – the highest award in gliding.3 KB (594 words) - 15:34, 7 March 2019
- ...discover that there is another way to fly a glider, another dimension, and the doors will open to big flights, to his great pleasure and that of his passe ...er spending two weeks in a premier UK wave flying site – Deeside Gliding Club (DGC) in Aboyne.9 KB (1,533 words) - 18:43, 10 March 2019
- [[File:AGM2018.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The 2018 AGM]] ...submitted, and some are selected by the committee. It is important to know the details of each so that you can try your best to win them!3 KB (388 words) - 16:57, 6 June 2019
- ...didates should express interest in advance to the member currently holding the role in order to learn more about it. : Ensures the smooth running of the club, chairs club meetings and represents CUGC at Cambridge Gliding Centre (Gransden) meeting10 KB (1,089 words) - 19:54, 20 April 2022
- ; Recovered from old website (author and date at the end), but a good read! ...own on so far, with 7,8,and 9-knot thermals. The [[ASH25e]] "IM" is flying the same task as us. They start before us.6 KB (1,121 words) - 01:01, 8 March 2019
- ...Keith Turner and John Pringle, who had been gliding at the London Gliding Club at Dunstable. Paget was President, Pringle Treasurer and Turner Secretary. ...Cambridge Gliding Club's first machine being taken off Dunstable Downs by the Duke of Grafton. From S&G April 1935]]6 KB (942 words) - 14:11, 11 March 2019
- ...your gliding. Flying regularly helps you to make rapid progress and reach the same milestone with less flights (and therefore money). ...n fly when it is convenient for you and you are less likely to be going to the airfield on very busy days so you can make more out of your time.13 KB (2,383 words) - 18:11, 2 June 2019
- ...olo unless that student pilot holds a medical certificate, as required for the relevant licence. ...less, upon conversion to an EASA Part-FCL license, MED.A.030 does apply to the license holder indeed - and a valid and relevant EASA Part-MED medical is t7 KB (1,167 words) - 15:46, 11 March 2019
- The Long Mynd in Shropshire is the home of the Midland Gliding Club. The closest train station is in Church Stretton. ...the information for visiting glider pilots.<ref>[http://www.midlandgliding.club/glider-pilots/ MGC "Information for visiting Glider Pilots"]</ref>907 bytes (143 words) - 18:53, 15 March 2019
- ...eadsheet] is to coordinate transport to the airfield for CUGC for at least the summer 2019 season (April 1 - September 30th). ...sibility for the group - booking a taxi, contacting John, etc. Please take the initiative.1 KB (196 words) - 22:00, 31 March 2019
- ...lots, how to organise transport and what to expect on your first visits to the airfield. ...heck out our website as well which contains a lot of useful information in the [https://www.cugc.org.uk/faq/ FAQ Section].9 KB (1,546 words) - 18:30, 25 January 2022
- ...had said when I told her I was on the verge of a breakdown. Could this be the solution to all my problems? ...ed to give me a lift to Cambourne, where the airfield is located. We spent the drive talking about gliding, and I found out that I was about to get into a3 KB (494 words) - 11:42, 5 April 2019
