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2013-09-28

  The Glider Show #18 - Do something differently

In this show, I succeed in promoting The Glider Show in ‘the real world’ for the first time by featuring on someone else’s podcast and putting a little flyer up at my club, I get a few minutes at the controls of the sleek and lovely DG505 but delete th... 		  ukglider author
2013-08-17

  Matt Wright: What's a 'balleka'? And why's there no video of your (in)famous watery landing?

A very short interview with a legend of gliding, DSGC's Matt Wright star of more than a few hugely popular YouTube gliding videos. Prompted by Glider Show listener Mike Lawrence, I ask Matt (YouTube ID: 'Balleka') 'What's a 'balleka'?' and try to find ... 		  ukglider author
2013-08-17

  The Glider Show #17 - Ground that inner critic

In this week’s show I get some great encouragement, and support from the instructors and members of my new gliding club. I get a surprise gift in the post from the Glider Show’s very own Australian Ambassador, Mr. Pat Pulis of Adelaide Soaring Club. ... 		  ukglider author
2013-07-27

  The Glider Show #16 'Mind that Cadillac'

In this weeks’ show I find out how hard it is to stay in formation behind the tug; I discover how hard it STILL is to co-ordinate my stick and rudder inputs. I spend a day watching the grass turn into straw and meet a true gliding giant - the ASH25 		  ukglider author
2013-07-07

  The Glider Show #15 'A fistful of firsts'

In this weeks show I join Devon and Somerset Gliding Club at North Hill in East Devon and get my first taste of aerotowing, my first flight in the well-respected fibreglass ASK-21 training glider and I get a whiff of competition gliding at the curiousl... 		  ukglider author
2013-05-26

  The Glider Show #14 - Time for a change

In this week’s show I’ll be looking at the gliding news from around the world, I’ll be visiting a different gliding club and I’ll be making a big – and surprisingly difficult – personal decision that will shape my gliding for the next six months #flyin... 		  ukglider author
2013-05-01

  The Glider Show #13 - Playing with spring thermals

In this show, our trusty CFI helps me to get some thermalling experience straight off the wire on my first flight of the weekend. My circuit at the end was too close to the field - meaning that the angle down to the runway centerline was too great. It ... 		  ukglider author
2013-04-26

  The Glider Show #12 - 'How much can you stuff into one day?'

in this show I’ll be getting a taste for some thermal soaring in the warm sunshine, watching the local scout group getting excited about gliding and helping out around the club. I’ll be learning yet another common-sense lesson delivered in a kind and... 		  ukglider author
2013-04-06

  The Glider Show #11 - 'Turning a corner'

In this show you’ll hear me firmly turning the corner on my journey to solo and making sense of exactly how I knew that I had done so. I’ll be learning one or two basics I can’t understand how I missed the first time around and I’ll ask if our clubs pa... 		  ukglider author
2013-03-22

  The Glider Show #10 - 'No more whanging around the sky!'

In this show, I’ll be getting in some unexpected flying, learning how to spot thermals and most important of all, learning how to slooooow down in the air. I’ll also be digging into our postbag to hear from listeners on two continents 		  ukglider author