Kobo instrument night with Phil Colbert

By Carl Fairhurst on  September 2, 2015 19:04

Wednesday, September 23 at 7:30pm

The Boaryard Inn. Bolton Road. Riley Green. PR5 0SP.

Phil Colbert will host a Pennine Soaring Club instrument night focusing on the use of a Kobo tablet and the use of LK 8000 and XC Soar. Points to be covered : GPS connection , sounds/warnings , screen profiles , maps , waypoints and tasks using XC Planner . Illustrations by way of computer projection so we can all see the instrument manipulation.
Phil Colbert will welcome input from members already using Kobo. Please bring your Kobo to the instrument evening.

Pennine Soaring Club - Club Night - 9 March

By Carl Fairhurst on  March 2, 2015 19:02

9 March at 20:00

Boatyard Inn. Bolton Road Riley Green. PR5 0SP.

Pre Flight Planning. Dave Evans.
Subjects to be covered.
Weather assessment.
Flying site assessment.
Reason to fly.
Task planning.
Flying with others.
XC Planner.
Instruments.
Recording and entering flights.
Planning for competitions.

Important announcement regarding January 2015 club night.

By Carl Fairhurst on  January 8, 2015 19:00

The Boatyard is to close for each Monday in January that leaving us the problem for our next
meeting. so the evening has been moved to Tuesday 13th January 2015. This first of the club
nights of 2015 is by our very own Simon Scott on Paramotoring and why would you want to.
Simon flies in our national competitions with great success and has recorded some great footage,
much more that our none powered gliders cant achieve. So come and be inspired this Tuesday, talk
starts 8pm prompt so arrive early if your to catch up on some gossip. (See p. 3)
There’s been some interesting events of late, worth hearing about. So See you there!
Andy Mcloughlin

November Club night

By Carl Fairhurst on  November 4, 2014 18:58

10th November at 8PM

2014 XC season review. Everyone who entered a flight into the national XC league will get a chance to talk about their favourite flight from the year, but you don't have to!

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The Boatyard Inn

Riley Green, PR5 0SP Preston, Lancashire