Probably un-noticed by most if not all of us the 2020 OLC season is history. Certainly historic given everthing that was thrown at us. Only 10 pilots posted scoring flights – less than half of the numbers of recent years and only one of those managed to fill all 6 available slots. The thing about

A summary of the Kerry Safari, written by Peter Denman We are midway through week two of what is a rather different Kerry fortnight. Because of the pandemic precautions in force, a number of the usual suspects and potential first-timers either couldn’t, or decided not to, take part, so we are at most a dozen

Congratulations to Andy who completed a 500km task in his home country of Hungry. Type of glider:  Ventus 16,6m, Takeoff location: Dunaujvaros Twr (HU) I f you want to view Andy’s task you can find it here on the OLC website

The good news is that we are back flying again since June 29th. It was announced by the Government that, from June 29th, all sporting activities, including contact sports, may resume as well as hairdressers and barbers. In view of this relaxing of restrictions, the IGSA no longer advises against dual flying provided steps are

On Saturday, Michael Shannon hosted a club online Condor competition. This was a teaser event to test out our connections and any possible failures. We got off to a bad start with several restarts required to the server but eventually 4 eager glider pilots connected. Colin King bravely shared his screen via Zoom to several

On Wednesday 25th April, Damien Molloy kicked off our online talks via Zoom to give a lecture on Principles of Flight. Over the next two months the topics below will be covered by our club’s Instructors. Well worth a listen and a huge thanks to our lecturers and all involved. How the magic happens (principles

Saturday saw its first Microsoft Teams meeting to discuss the use of Condor. Condor is a gilding simulator which has been around for many years but recently has had major updates . While there is no flying for the immediate future due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Condor can keep you in the sky even if

Luckily enough Wednesday 1st January 2020 was flyable, and Peter Moskovits took to the sky with the first flight of 2020. Funny enough that Peter Moskovits also had the last flight out of Gowran on Monday 30th December 2019. There were many events throughout the year of 2019 and here is a recap of some

A big congratulations to Owen Grogan who took a first flight in his LS1 today. Owen purchased his LS1 earlier this year and has spent many months preparing his glider for its Irish maiden flight. The weather conditions have not been very favorable to Owen over the last couple of months. However, today had light

We have only finished this years safari but next years dates are confirmed. Don’t miss our annual Kerry Safari. Every year Dublin Gliding Club make their way to Kerry’s Inch and Fermoyle beach. Gliders are launched from the beach into the air by car-tow to a height of 1200 to 1500 feet. Its just enough