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Gliding at The Mynd
Gliding at The Mynd		 Sunrise on The Mynd. Alas, I never got there as I was back stateside by the time the club went there for its annual outing. Bungee launch, anyone? Gliding at The Mynd
Gliding at The Mynd		 Nene Valley Gliding Club out for a weekend at The Mynd. The glider the crew is standing in front of is Horace's L-Spatz. (1989)
Gliding at The Mynd
Gliding at The Mynd		 Breakfast at the club house. Gliding at The Mynd
Gliding at The Mynd		 Still eating.
Gliding at The Mynd
Gliding at The Mynd		 Our intrepid aviators set off for The Mynd. Nene Valley Gliding Club Bassingbourne Week 28-7-89
"Bassingbourne Week 1989"		 Nene Valley Gliding Club "Bassingbourne Week" 28-7-89
Upwood Operations 1993
Nene Valley Gliding Club 1993		 We returned to RAF Upwood near Ramsey in Cambridgeshire in the summer of 1993 for the closure of RAF Bentwaters and a vacation. By then much of the old crew were gone and the Ka-7 that I had first soloed in had been repainted in blue. (1993) First Flight in K7
First Glider Ride, NVGC		 My first ride in a glider at the Nene Valley Gliding Club, RAF Upwood, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire. I believe that Dave Bourne is the GIB, or guy-in-back. The NVGC raised money with an Open Day. For 2 pounds, you would get two rides. It was great fun. (1988)

Nene Valley Gliding Club		 Horace and Doris Bryant. Horace was my flight instructor, which may or may not have been a good thing. I did solo and I never crashed, so he must have done something right. First Flight in K7
Nene Valley Gliding Club		 Horace, Doris, Eric with Richard in the back seat. Richard openly admitted that he did not like to fly in the front. Now where is Horace's dog Toby?
The Oly with its owner/operator
The Oly 		The Oly and what's his name. I will remember him. He was retired US military and worked as a butcher at the RAF Alconbury Commissary. The Oly on the winch
Nene Valley Gliding Club		 The Oly on the winch.
Highway to the danger zone!
RAF Upwood Operations		 Launch in progress. RAF Upwood Operations
RAF Upwood Operations		 My wife even came out to give it a go. Off to the left is Jane, our very own Air Cadet.
Me on my last day of flying with the NVGC
Nene Valley Gliding Club		 Me on my last day of flying with the NVGC.(1989) Me on my last day of flying with the NVGC
Ka-8 Winch Launch 		Me on my last day of flying with the NVGC.(1989)
Upwood Operations
Nene Valley Gliding Club		 Another day on RAF Upwood. The club was forced to move when the MoD sold the field for development in the 1995. Upwood Operations
Nene Valley Gliding Club		 ALL OUT!!!
Upwood Operations
Nene Valley Gliding Club		 The static has the best of me on my last day of flying with the NVGC. (1989) Upwood Operations
Nene Valley Gliding Club		 Sunnier weather in 1989.
Upwood Operations
Nene Valley Gliding Club		 Open Day 1989 was a lot warmer than the previous year. Upwood Operations
Nene Valley Gliding Club		 Open Day 1989 was a lot warmer than the previous year.
Upwood Operations
Solo in the K8, NVGC		 Sortie Surge in the K8 - It was my last time flying in England, and the guys at the Nene Valley Gliding Club winched me aloft 8 times. (1989) Upwood Operations
Nene Valley Gliding Club		 Open Day 1988 was a brisk one. We all froze waiting two hours to go aloft. But it was a blast!
Upwood Operations
Nene Valley Gliding Club		 A tire holds the wing down of the Ka-8. I managed to solo in both the Ka-7 and Ka-8 before I left. Horace told me the Ka-8 was like the 7 but with power steering. Good deception. T-21B Slingsby
Nene Valley Gliding Club		 The T-21B Slingsby awaits a flight. Don't forget the 'bomb', a parachute, and to hold on to your glasses.
Memebership Card for the Nene Valley Gliding Club
NVGC Membership Card, 1989		 Membership has its privileges. A launch was �2 back then, if I remember correctly. We lived on a lot of charity from the British government in the form of a sports grant. I doubt that the club even paid rent on the airfield facilities. Hail and farewell to the Captain and his wife
NVGC Farewell		 John Taylor presents us with a hand-etched pitcher with the NVGC emblem. John was quite the artist. We still display that small trophy and consider it one of our dearest possessions.
Hail and farewell to the Captain and his wife
NVGC Farewell		 Hail and Farewell! Richard and Roger making jest of my colorful garb on Open Day 1989. Hail and farewell to the Captain and his wife
CUGC, RAF Duxford		 For my birthday in 1989, my wife enrolled me in a week's flying course at the Cambridge University Gliding Club, RAF Duxford. A good time was had by all. This is the Ka-13 that the students flew.
Hartford, Wisconsi, glider flight
Hartford, Wisconsin		 I took advantage of the chance to fly a Blanik L-23 in Hartford, Wisconsin. The model I flew was the 18 meter variety with the registration of N106LW--Long Wing. We went IFR for a few instances when clouds surrounded us.
Mile High Gliding, Boulder, Colorado		 I took a trip up to the Mile High Glider Port in Boulder, Colorado, where I flew a Grob-102. A mid-air between a powered aircraft and a glider took place in 2010 at this same airfield.






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