Welcome to to The East Sussex Soaring Association

Forum

We have a new forum for genrel club communication and discussion on slope soaring in East Sussex, click here to visit the Forum!

How to join ESSA

Please use the details on the contact us page for Membership enquiries

First Competition of the year - XC

The first competition of the year, Cross Country, was completed on 3rd May - report and results here.

Newsletter

April 2009 ESSA Newsletter, Soarpoint, is available to download

Previous newsletters are available here.

ESSA to host 2009 BMFA F3F Nationals - 8-9th August

We are proud to be hosting the 2009 BMFA F3F National championship this year on the 8th and 9th of August.

If you are interested in entering for this 2 day event please call Julian on 0845 838 8001 (M-F 9-5) or 07968 546760 or email bmfa-nats@eastsussexsa.co.uk

We will publish details of local B&B's and the Saturday night "Banquet" in the next couple of months.

Competition News

The 2009 competition calendar has been confirmed, dates are available here.

Well done John!

Picture copyright Mike Shellim, RC-Soar.com

John, Gary, Tom and Julian all went to the Welsh Open this year with high expectations... Unfortunately we were not blessed with consistent conditions and there were only 3 complete rounds flown over the 2 days.

However, John managed to make the absolute best of it and was not only crowned Welsh Open Champion 2008 but also managed to scoop the Fastest Time of the Competition trophy as well with an exceptionally well flown 42 second run on the back of the Wrecker which is probably the hardest slope in Wales! Time to build some more shelves John!

Gary (37th), Tom (32nd) and Julian (40th) all donated their thermals to John! Big thanks to Kevin and Andrzej for organizing in difficult conditions (at least we had no rain!).

More info and reports can be found on the following sites - www.rc-soar.com and www.knewt.com

Newsletter

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

Frequencies

Thinking of buying a new frequency, fed up with clashes on a Sunday morning? We have started a list of frequencies used by club members - 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!

(Feb 09 update... Dave Cox Vulcan - I spoke to him about a month ago about subs as he was not at AGM and asked him about Vulcan progress. When asked if it would take to the air this year or not he was non commital He did not rule it out! - Ray)

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, whizzing 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.