Aviation logbook.
Glider pilot and SPL holder. FAI Silver C badge: 1000m height gain, 50km distance, 5 hours. 100km diploma. Member of South Wales Gliding Club.
The 100km diploma flight — Usk · Hereford · Ledbury · Usk.
- Date
- 02 JUN 2025
- Glider
- PIK-20D · G-DDLY
- Task
- 103 KM TRIANGLE
- Distance flown
- 192 KM
- Max altitude
- 1,642 M
- Duration
- 1h 45m · 12:08Z – 13:53Z
Started with the Air Scouts and back to flying again after 20 years.
My aviation journey.
I first went gliding at 14 with the Air Scouts then life got in the way for two decades. Returning in 2022, I joined South Wales Gliding Club, went solo, got my SPL, achieved the Silver C badge and 100km diploma, and bought my own glider.
Chronology / logbook entries, big days.
First flight at Aston Down
Started gliding with the Air Scouts at age 14.
Returned to gliding
Resumed training at South Wales Gliding Club after a long break.
First solo
Soloed in April 2023.
Silver duration (5 hours)
Flew for five hours in May 2024 for Silver badge duration.
SPL achieved
Passed the SPL (Sailplane Pilot Licence) in July 2024.
Bought a PIK 20D
Purchased a PIK 20D glider.
Started TMG training
Began motorglider (TMG) training in October 2024.
First TMG solo
First solo flight in a motorglider, January 2025.
Silver distance & height
Completed a 50km flight and 3,281ft height gain for the Silver badge in May 2025.
100km diploma
Flew 100km in June 2025 for the 100k diploma.
TMG cross-country
Completed qualifying cross-country flight in a TMG, June 2025.
Flying in the French Alps
Flew in the French Alps: ridge, wave and thermal soaring among serious terrain.
Masterclass
Attended a masterclass in soaring at Nympsfield run by Andy Davis.