Welcome to to The East Sussex Soaring Association

Newsletter

The June 2008 edition of our club newsletter Soarpoint is available to download in pdf version.

Competition News

The second competition of the year, Cross Country, was held on 25th May - results here

The 2008 Competition Calendar is available - click here

Dave Cox and his scratch built (building) Vulcan

UPDATED 3/08/07

Dave has spent most of the last 3 years building it :-)... Read about it here!

(June 08... Anyone seen Dave recently for an update? J)

Gary decides to modify his Pike

"Went up firle for a quick fly, had one flight went ok so I landed and filled up with lead. Threw it off again, wizzing up and down got a bit low and close to the fence. The picture tells the rest of the story. The wing is repairable but fuselage not much good. At least the fuselage fitted in the boot on the way home!"   click the image for a larger version

Interesting Eastbourne live weather station

Chris Bell found this, a real-time wind reporting service in Eastbourne! - click here

Fancy a Cross Country Flight?

Dave Cox has produced an excellent review of some of the Cross Country flights available in the area. Use the menu on the left or click here for more.