DEESIDE GLIDING CLUB (Aberdeenshire) LIMITED N E W S L E T T E R April 1974

The new Committee met on Sunday 2lst April 1974. Runway Progress. Of five contrac tars asked to submit tenders for a tarmac strip only one has shown interest at £7500 for the whole job. W still hope to complete the project this summer for less than £3000by splitting up the ploughing/scraping/filling/tarring jobs. Runway Rumours. Unconfirmed rumours are always more interesting than hard facts. We have heard that the estate are considering the development of our strip as a commercial airfield, tarmac strip fire-truck and all. We are enquiring. Runway Fund. A most generous donation of £168 has been received from Lord Astor,Tillypronie,TARLAND. £500 has been promised over 3 years.) The fund is now over £200 Ian Taylor has been appointed organiser of fund raising events, for the runway and other projects. Several members have already volunteered to help him. Who does what? Catherine Stanbridge was re-app.ointed Club Treasurer. Robert Henderson again landed the job of Seretary. Ron Angus is Chief Technical Officer with Alan Middleton helping by looking after the Cub. Cat is to try to start a canteen hrotaBocian. At the request of Aberdeen .University Gliding Club we agreed to extend the weekend agreement with D.G.C. to cover the mid-week flying as well. We also agreed to move the Bocian Co of A. forward to the long summer vacation. Open Day No reply yet from tourist board. G-ARLO The Auster at Milltown has put a con-rod through its side.

Swallow Barograph .. has turned up in the south of England having been removed in aerror bya visitor in Nov ember. New Members. We say Hello to new members this month:-

Carl-Henrik Cedraeus London. Allen Gaither. Aberdeen. Steven Garletts. Dyce. Gary Morey. Aberdeen. James Lowder. Banchory. Richard Meier. Brechin. Hugh Thompson Bathgate.

Remember There has only been one day with high wave contacted this Spring On March 18th there were 8 Diamond climbs claims) and Rhoda Partridge broke her record again(21,400').

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There will be held an

GLIDI NG COMPETITIONat

ABOYNE Airfield during the second week in July 1974 (8th-12th) Entries are invited from Angus, Cairngorm,Fulmar, Highland and Deeside Gliding Club members. There will be no set tasks. The competition will be run on NationalLadder lines. (details can be found in the caravan) This involves points for distance,height,goal or silver or gold legs etc . , and means that special competition insurance is not necessary. Prize to the winner Ã20

Entries to Innes Lovie,C.F.I. Aboyne Airfield DINNET,Aberdeen­shire.

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Minutes of the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of DEESIDE GLIDING CLUB(Aberdeenshire) Limited held in the BALNACOIL HOTEL, ABOYNE on Sundayll+th April 1974. The meeting startedat 6.44pm. Those present were Innes Lovie, Ian Jamieson, Ron Angus, John Milne, George Cables, Ian Davidson, Bill Clark(Tarland), Dan Findlay, Ernest Thomson, Dickon Hovell, Hector Gauld, Donald MacAulay, Alan Middleton, Barbara Clarke, G.Maitland Wilson C.A.(Auditor), Iain Robertson, Catherine Stanbridge, Ian Chisholm, Moray Slater,Robert Henderson. Apologies for the absence of Jim Spence and Ian Taylor. The minutes of the previous A.G.M. had been previously circulated. The adoption of the minutes was proposed by John Milne and seconded by Dan Findlay. The Chairman Ian Jamieson then gave his report for the year 1973.

(may be printed next month) The Auditor, Mr G M&itland Wilson then explained details of the balance sheet. It was noted that the phone bill was larger than it should be. The treasurer is to keep a monthly check on the income from the phone to clear up this discrepancy. Dickon Hovell proposed the adoption of the accounts. Ian Chisholmseconded. Ian Jamieson proposed that Mr G.Maitland Wilson be retained as auditor for the current year. Ron Angus seconded. Committee election Ron Angus proposed that Ian Jamieson be Chairman. Donald MacAulay seconded.

Ian Jamieson proposed that Innes Lovie be CFI John :Milne seconded. Ordinary Committee Members. Robert Henderson was proposed by Donald MacAulay.Seconded by Innes Lovie. Donald Macaulay declined to be proposed for the Committee due to other commitments. Ron Angus was proposed by John Milne.Seconded by Donald MacAulay. Dickon Hovell was proposed by . Seconded by Ian Chisholm was proposed by . Seconded by John Milne was proposed by Ian Davidson.Seconded by Robert Henderson. Catherine Stanbridge was proposed by Donald MacAulay.Seconded by Dickon

Hovell. Hector Gauld was proposed by .Seconded by Bill Clark was proposed by Donald MacAulay.Seconded by John Milne. Ian Taylor was proposed by Ian Jamieson.Seconded by Ernest Thomson was proposed by Hector Gauld.Dan Findlay seconded. Roy Wilson was proposed by . Seconded by

(My longhand was not up to recording the above flow of names. please fill in the blanks for me so that I can write up the Minute Book correctly.)

A ballot was held to reduce the 11 members proposeh to 7. The result of the ballot was: Ron Angus

Other Business.

Ian Chisholm Robert Henderson John Milne Catherine StanbridgeIan Taylor Roy Wilson

Dan Findlay asked for confirmation that the overdraft for the purchase of the Super Cub had been cleared. This was confirmed by Ian Jamieson. Ernest Thomson queried the wisdom of spending money on capital projects when the balance sheet showed an overdraft of £300

Donald MacAulay asked for the appointment of a P.R.O. in the absence of Jim Spence. Referred to Committee. John Milne asked if all Members subscriptions were paid up to date. This was confirmed by Robert Henderson. There was a discussion on the level of subscription compared with other clubs. Dickon Hovell proposed that the committee be asked to consider Associate Memberships at £2 p.a. John Milne proposed and Alan Middleton seconded that the annual sub should be raised to £12. Innes Lovie made the counter proposal that the subscription should remain at £10. Catherine Stanbridge seconded. On a show of hands the counter proposal won 12:6. The sub. stays at £10.Ian Jamieson is to see if an increase in subscription would affect our application for a ScottishSports Council grant. (Too high a sub. is considered to exclude some people from gliding.) There was a discussion on temporary visitors and a question on the cost of Monthly Membership was referred to the Committee. Ron Angus invited Alan Middleton to attend Committee meetings. Alan agreed. There was a lenghty discussion about the proposed strip. It was disclosed that five contractors have been asked to quote for the strip. Only one had offered to do the job for £7,600 +VAT. The County Council cannot give a quote but would like to do the job. We hope to start on June lst. There being no further busimess the meeting closed at 8.55p.m.

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Duty ListDuty Instructors have been appointed who will organise the flying for the weekend, on the groung, but they will be available for flying if necessary.

April May

27th+28th 4th + 5th

llth+l2th 18th+l9th

Ron Angus. Alan Middleton. Innes Lovie. Bob Rothnie.

Tug Pilots for the whole weekend are:

April 27th+28th 4th + 5th

11th +12 th18th+l9th

John Milne. Roy Wilson.William Stephen. Sandy Mitchell.

We are also reviving the duty crew on the ground ... who organise everything not covered by the above two lists.

April May

27th+28th 4th5th

llth+l2th 18th+l9th

Robert Henderson,Ernie Thomson. Jim Spence,Ian Taylor. Ian Chisholm,Iain Robertson. Dickon Hovell,Hector Gauld.

Volunteers are asked for to add to this list.

CHECKS

Solo pilots without a Bronze C are reminded that they are on monthly checks. They should not be shy about approaching the instructor for

a check flight, and should not expect the instructor to come to them.

Cub Bocian F H M F H M

55 7 28 30 9 49 March.

290 37 24

Capstan F H M 2 1 45

Innes Lovie C.F.I.

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F-flights, H-hours, M-minutes.

SwallowF H M

17 8 14

Private F H M

1 12

Visitors OthersF H M F H M 3 3 19 2

115 31 45 45 40 14 3 3 45 123.100.57

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