Tag: Portmoak
My own glider was away at a workshop, so I was flying with another Club member in our K21. I was P1 in the front seat, and when…
Flying my glider was a great start to 2021. This was taken from about 2,500 feet above the airfield, which is the green area visible on the right…
Edinburgh University’s glider waiting to launch. Don’t be fooled, other photos taken the same day show ice at the edge of Loch Leven! Shutter speed: 1/400s Aperture: ƒ/8 ISO: 100 Focal…
The SGU’s new tug, resplendent in it’s bright yellow colour scheme. Shutter speed: 1/400s Aperture: ƒ/6.3 ISO: 100 Focal length: 55mm Taken: 3 January, 2015 13:01 Camera: PENTAX K-5 II
A beautifully ominous sky appeared early one winter’s evening at the gliding club. Shutter speed: 1/320s Aperture: ƒ/8 ISO: 1600 Focal length: 60mm Taken: 10 December, 2014 16:12 Camera: PENTAX K-5 II
The snow still lingers… This shows gliders waiting to launch at the Scottish Gliding Centre, which gets lots of visitors each Spring & Autumn wanting to fly on…
The Slingsby T31 is an old training glider, build (mostly) of wood and canvas. This example is part of the Portmoak collection, and this particular image was used in…
The first snow fell before Christmas, and I arrived at the airfield to discover a wonderful light – everything glowed very slightly. The weak links are used to…
Amazingly people used to start learning to glide on one of these machines! They would do ground slides graduating to low hops, and then switch to something more…
Joe is a gliding instructor and is sitting in the back seat of a K21 training glider. He and his student are waiting to get launched at the Scottish Gliding…