From the previous blog entry you will see that the take off has some light grey patches. This is various tons of a granite dust which is being laid down and compressed with rollers. On top of this the Astro turf will be laid, though not before some concrete drainage channels are dug. The area […]
Hard to believe, but it really is here. It arrived yesterday and is in storage to the E of town. After Easter the tecnitians should arrive and hopefully start to lay it (needs a sand bedding and some very expensive adhesive). It has only taken 16 years, but it seems we will soon have a […]
From the 20th to the 27th of October we had a very special group. We decided to call it the “Spanish Experience” and it is the result of Pat Rowley´s efforts to bring her Spanish language class over to Piedrahita. Our goals were to improve their speaking abilities, and their understanding of both the language […]
This week I have been loaned the new LTF 2(CN C) glider from Swing. Although I am a little over the top of the weight range for this one (95kgs) and the factory believes this looses a little glide due to the profil, I am still having great fun with it. It seems such a […]
The airspace and waypoint map for 2010 is now available for downloading on this web page. (The Flying/Maps and Navigation). An A3 size colour print is available for our clients and competitors in this years events.
Since the new terminal at Madrid airport came into being some years back the airports authority has snatched a large section of airspace to the north of the mountains to the east of Avila. This makes for problems for those 200km flights, though for us we are not so affected as the sailplane club of […]
Last year extensive improvements were made to the launch area. Much earth was brought in and the gradient made steeper. In the orgional plan it was to be turfed, but we were told that the budget had been spend. Now finally the topsoil is going on, though I think a little late in the season […]
Our booking calendar for 2010 is now open. Our price remains the same as the last 7 years (450€). There are 2 competition events that we are running and for those weeks we do not offer our normal service but are still offering accomodation (and retrieve in the XC Open) for competitors. Last year was […]
You can read a little more about the long history of problems with the take off (see the PDF article Piedrahita, the first 500 years). The promise of reconditioning the launch area was made nearly two years ago now, but due to a change in political groups in the town hall and lack of money,