Read the Jul-Aug 2020 issue of The Grid
We can fly again!
Taking to the sky just in time for the high season.
Andrew Sampson gives us an update (already slightly outdated due to the delay in issuing the magazine) on the club operations (p6) and Carla Astley shares the success story of Project Wingman (p8).
István Tóth, who was isolated in the club during the lockdown, says goodbye to the Dunstable wildlife (p9).
Back in the air, Brahim Bellahsayn tells us about his experience gliding over Lake Elsinore, California (p10), while Chula Rupasinha shares how he avoided an awkward land-out (p13).
Ed Downham, who ended June at the top of the Open, Weekend and Distance ladders, shares some of his flights in May (16).
Back to the online World, Martin Smith talks about The Grid Marshall, the gliding game he developed while in isolation (p16) and Fiona Guest explains how she received online gliding and FRTOL instruction (p21).
Our dear Baron BingBong shares the story on how he fell in love with gliding (p22), and Paul Candler explains the difference between FlarmNet and Flarm Tracking (p24).
Steve Lynn continues to take KS on different adventures (p26), and Francis Russell tells the story of two memorable silver distance flights (p28).
It's been a positive, albeit late, start of the season, with many moments captured by the lenses of David A White (p30).
And lifetime member Roger Barrett celebrates the life of Peter Langford, who sadly passed away on 24th March (p32).
