Slope Soaring
Slope Soaring
from
David Thorpe

Whilst our fenny flying field is superb it doesnʼt have a decent hill that we can hurl gliders off! Consequently, given favourable conditions, a few of us car share and drive to the nearest suitable hillside. If the wind is in the west it might be Ivinghoe Beacon, near Dunstable, or if a north easterly Pegsdon otherwise known as Deacon Hill, near Hitchin; both are good hills but the latter is a hellish… Continue reading