Pennine Soaring Club first Club Night of the season. Weather forecasting to fly. Various speakers to help to simplify good to fly, safe to fly and choosing the correct site.

Thanks to Brian Stewart, Andy Archer, Simon Baillie and Neil Charles for presenting.

Links to sites mentioned:
RASP - https://rasp.stratus.org.uk/
LazyRASP - https://lazyrasp.com/
XCWeather - https://www.xcweather.co.uk/
Weather School - https://weatherschool.co.uk/
Weather School YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/WeatherSchool
WeatherWebdotNet - https://premium.weatherweb.net/
Met Office Aviation Briefing Service - https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/services/transport/aviation/regulated/national-aviation/uk-services/pre-flight-briefing-services/abs/index
Mountain Weather Information Service - https://www.mwis.org.uk/
Wind At Altitude - Hilltop Analytics - https://apps.hilltop-analytics.com/weather/

Here is Brian's presentation from the night:

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The awards for the 2023 season were awarded at the well attended AGM. The winners are as follows:

Paraglider Pilot Improvement Award

Ed Knowles

and

Matt Baird

(not present)

First 25km XC Flight

Ed Knowles

33km flight from Parlick on 9th July 2023

First 50km XC Flight

Scott O’Neil

53.9km flight from Parlick on 9th July 2023 

PSC League Overall

PSC League Sport

Best XC Flight from Pennine Site

Phil Wallbank

124km flight from Parlick on 16th June 2023

Loop League

Paul Winterbottom

Best Local Flight

PSC League Fun Class

John Murphy

29.84km FAI triangle on the 7th April 2023

Representing the Club – National

Elliot Brown

1st place in Buttermere Bash Lakeland Charity Open B comp. and 1st place in LCC B comp.

Representing the club – International

John Oliver

British sports, St-Jean-Montclar: 1st in Reynolds, 4th overall

https://airtribune.com/bst2023/results/task6176/comp/overall-winner

British champs: 1st in Reynolds, 3rd in Sports,16th Brit, 52th overall.

Most chuffed about been first sports on one of the task's and been in sight of the leaders.

https://airtribune.com/bpc2023/results/task6295/comp/overall

World Civl rank 1318, UK Civl rank 48

Retrieve Award

Brian Stewart

Retrieve from Tebay for Jim and John

Club Award

Neil Charles

Creating the Wind at Altitude app

Club Award

Paul Redman on behalf of MRT (not present)

For their assistance involving an incident at Parlick

Bent Upright

Andrew Clegg

For best tent landing!

William Marshall Trophy for Services to the Club

Simon Scott

For services as chairman

Special Lifetime Achievement Award

John Murphy

For 27 years dedicated service to the club committee

GASCO Safety evening - Monday 19^th Feb, 7:30 to 9:30 pm at the Sea View Inn.

This is a joint event with Bowland Forest Gliding Club and is a safety talk delivered by GASCOo (General Aviation Safety Council).

These are very informative, interactive and thought provoking events.   This will be a tailored event covering topics across both our disciplines including Threat & Error Management, Loss of Control accidents, Electronic Conspicuity, Human Factors, we are also looking to have the opportunity to discuss the local issues, particularly the shared airspace around Parlick.

It is likely to be a packed room so turn up early!

In addition to the important business of the club AGM, our own Neil Charles will be giving us an update on the latest in Electronic Conspicuity and developments on his excellent Wind at Altitude site.