Bill Fleming Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Can we (are we allowed to) fly RC gliders at Dunstable Down, on the same ridge as the London Gliding Club? If so, where are the best places to fly from? Thanks Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Dunstan Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Not advisable with all those real ones using the same airspace, let alone the thousands of families on a nice day flying kites and the golf course right behind you. Why not go to Ivinghoe on the next ridge over (about 4 miles away) and join them. They are a nice bunch and the LGC pilots know they are to stay away from Ivinghoe. ISA (Ivinghoe Soaring Association) is a very nice club to belong to. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 I doubt you'd be at all popular and as you would be seen as endangering aircraft, as the ridge is used extensively for hill soaring down to hilltop height, in breach of the Air Navigation Order. In addition to hill soaring, gliders' landing approaches are flown close to the hill in anything from Northerlies to South Westerlies (when the ridge is working) and particularly in Westerlies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Fleming Posted March 16, 2009 Author Share Posted March 16, 2009 Many thanks for the helpful advice. I live in Herefordshire but have relatives near Luton and would like to fly from time to time when visiting them. Ivinghoe sounds like the best option, if I can fly as a guest. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Lewzey Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Flying model aircraft at dunstable downs is banned. You don't have to belong to the ivinghoe club to fly there, but membership is very cheap. There are great slopes for just about any direction at ivinghoe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Leigh Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Which sites do you fly from in Herefordshire Bill? I live near Ross and we fly off Garway and a "secret" slope near my house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Fleming Posted March 16, 2009 Author Share Posted March 16, 2009 Alex, I fly off Garway, Hay Bluff, Murbach and Hatterall Hill. But I'm not doing much flying at the moment nor will be for about six months while I finish off a retirement project which is eating up most of my time. When it's done I'll be back to flying big time! Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Leigh Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Thanks Bill, don't know a couple of those sites, dropped you a PM. Six months! Best of teh summer will have gone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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