A long time ago (2006) Peter Moskovits organised a Gulyas Party for everyone. It has been 13 years since but Peter decided to put the call out for everyone to participate in another fabulous evening. The “Gulyas Party” was a success and nobody went home hungry. Next Gulyas party in 13 years as per tradition…
Congratulations to PJ for taking his maiden flight in his Libelle today. PJ purchased his Libelle back in June 2019 and the day finally arrived on Saturday 7th September for it first flight out of Gowran Grange. The flying conditions were very good with a gentle NNW breeze. Soaring conditions over Naas were very good
We welcomed the TG4 team to the Dublin gliding club today. They were filming for an upcoming programme about aircraft aerodynamics. Fergus Denman flew the presenter Peadar O Goill in our K21 and this flight will feature in the programme. The segment on gliding in DGC will appear on the show “Is Eolai Mé” in
Congratulations to Andras Mazan who completed a flight of over 500KM on the 16th July 2019 in Hungary. Andras has been busy on his trip to Hungry and this is just one of many he has completed Andy landed just 5KM from the airfield on his final leg. You can check out Andras flight on
Sunday was a beautiful day with brilliant sunshine and a promise of a very busy launch point. A promise which came true. A BBQ was organised by PJ for the close of flying. There were rumours of several 50km tasks which turned out to be just that, rumours, as the day did not develop into
A big Congratulations to PJ Moran who achieved his Bronze Endorsement on Saturday 13th July 2019. PJ also achieved his Cross-Country Endorsement the following day Sunday 14th July 2019 by completing his solo simulated field landings at Gowran Grange airfield. Not a bad weekend’s work! Well done PJ!
Dublin Gliding Club received a request from Barretstown to participate during their 25th Anniversary event on Sunday 7th July 2019 which of course we were happy to do. PJ Moran and many members organised a display of our club Astir to be available for all to get up close to and have pictures taken while
Congratulations to Ronald Staeps on the purchase of his LS1 glider. After an 8 day road trip across 7 countries, almost 4000 km and 3 ferry crossings he arrived back with his latest addition to Gowran. The LS1 was previously based in Vienna (Wiener Neustadt). Ron is looking forward to lots of fun in Ireland
Congratulations to Michael Shannon who completed his Cross Country Endorsement on the 18th June 2019. After 3 landings on our taxiway to simulate out-landings, Michael was awarded his endorsement. Michael received his Bronze Badge only a few weeks prior to this achievement. Onward and upwards! Thanks to Dan Begley and Cecily Begley who were a
