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Diamond Badge within 2 years of going solo
One of our young members Jordan Johnson, has today been flying at Denbigh and gained his Diamond height badge. Climbing from a low point of 964’ to 19081’ an overall gain 18117.
I haven’t had the opportunity but the CFI Chris Gill has checked and confirmed all.
Not many pilots get their Diamond height within two years of going solo. It does just show what can be achieved through enthusiasm.
Well done Jordan - congratulations. Your persistence has paid off!!
All Pilots – Be Aware 118.685MHz
The Bidford airfield frequency has changed to 118.685 MHz with effect from 4th May 2019
Bidford Awards Dinner, Saturday 4th March
Shona Bowman presented the awards at the Bidford clubhouse on Saturday, 4th March 2023. Shona is a commercial and display pilot and started flying in gliders. The awards are as follows:
2022 Fastest 300k
Jon Wand with 123kph on 14th August 2022
2022 Greatest distance from Bidford
David Findon with 667km on 14th July 2022
2022 Cairngorms Shield Height Gain
David Findon with 13,675’ on 25th October 2022
2022 Club Ladder Pundit Winner
David Findon with 18,815 points
2022 Pilot “most likely to”
Ollie Packman
2022 Junior “most likely to”
George Whitbread
2022 CFI’s Cup
Jon Marsh
2022 Graham Wright Stuff
Allan Wallace and Graham Barlow
2022 Clubman of the year
Chris Morris
2022 Don Hale Memorial Trophy
Huge Oxby for Junior Pilot of the Year
2022 Pistonhead
Steve Blakey
2022 Propbender
David Findon for an incident with the Scout (airplane for clarification) :-)
Not all introductory flights include this
An example of someone pushing the lessons learned to do what doesn’t seem possible.