Gliding Evening Social 18th June 2003

Detailed below are further details about the event and the timings.

1) Please arrive at the airfield by 6.00pm ready for signing-on and the pre-flight briefing.
2) Gliding should commence at around 6.30pm
3) If any of you who are flying weigh more than 15 stone, then when asked what you weigh the answer to the question is 15 stone!
4) The flight will consist of an aerial tow to between 2,000 and 2,500 feet and be followed by a flight of around 15 to 20 minutes.
5) You will get the opportunity to take the controls and fly the glider during the flight if you wish, but you won't be able to do the landing on your first flight!
6) Should the cloud base be too low for aerial tow, then we should be able to use the winch to launch the gliders. Flights will be shorter, but you should get two or three goes.
7) Food and drink will be served in the clubhouse after the gliding has finished.
Obviously the gliding will be dependant on favourable weather and the club will let me know by 3.00pm on the day whether we will be able to fly or not. Please ensure that you let me have a contact number, preferably a mobile, that I can reach you on if flying is called off.
Those that have already booked a place, please send me a cheque payable to Sevenoaks Motor Club for the cost of all those flying plus any others who would like to eat afterwards? The costs are £60 per person for those flying (meal included) and £7.50 for those only eating. Cheques will be returned if the gilding is postponed and you are unable to attend the alternative date.
Please get cheques to me at Brooklands, Horley Lodge Lane, Salfords, Surrey RH1 5EA ASAP, as your place(s) will remain provisional until I have your cheque in my clammy little hand!!!!!
17 members and their families have already reserved their places. If you would like to come and haven’t yet booked a place, then call me urgently.

Colin Rodger