Local Meetings

2019 SHGC Annual General Meeting.
Saturday 6th April 2019 starting at 7.30 pm.

To held at the Glynde Social Club The Street Glynde BN8 6SS.
A copy of the agenda is attached.

Every member is entitled to be present and is entitled to one vote on every question and or motion either in person or by proxy vote, nominating either the Chairman of the meeting, or an alternative member to vote on his or her behalf. This can be done by email, secretary@shgc.org.uk or if you prefer in writing to the Secretary, Chris Aegerter, 6 Hawks Road, Hailsham, BN27 3BL. ??Any member, if nominated, can stand for any office on the committee. Nominations for any of the committee posts can be made to me be email or letter. Nominations can also be made in person on the night.?? This is your chance to have a say in the running of your club . If you are unable to attend the meeting please consider using a proxy vote.

Dave from the Social Club will once again be supplying food paid for by your Club, as will your first drink. A vegetarian option will be available. For those with good appetites the price of second helpings will have to be negotiated with Dave. The club will be open from 6.00pm prior to the meeting commencing.

Regards
Chris Aegerter, Club Secretary

Location Glynde Social Club

7.30 till 8 pm induction for new members

8 till about 10 pm Flight theory and instruments for the pilot Exam

You should:
• be able to explain in detail how a wing creates lift, including the relevance of venturi tubes and Bernoulli's
theorem
• be able to define and use terms such as chord line, angle of attack, aspect ratio, centre of pressure,
washout
• be able to describe the aerodynamics of the stall
• be able to simply describe factors affecting stability in pitch, roll and yaw
• understand the relationship between glide ratio and l/d ratio
• understand the effect of ballast
• be able to name the forces on a glider in steady flight and explain their relationship
• be able to name the various types of drag and explain their causes
• be able to describe the relationship between the induced, parasitic and total drag and airspeed using
drag curves
• understand and be able to use a polar curve
• understand the basic working principles of altimeters and variometers
• understand terms such as total energy and airmass in connection with variometers.

7.30 till 8pm Induction for new members then the start of the Pilot Theory Lectures.
Glynde Social Club

First on the list Meteorology:

Meteorology
We will be covering the points below. If you are a CP then come along so you are ready for your Pilot Rating next year.
If you are already Pilot Rated then come along for a refresher.
Or just come along and chat with other pilots at the bar.

• understand the relationship between wind direction and areas of high and low pressure
• be able to describe in detail a cold front and a warm front (typical clouds, conditions, pressure changes,
wind changes)
• be able to identify some common high, medium and low cloud types, and give their approximate heights
• fully understand convection (the birth and development of a thermal, through to plotting the progress of a
thermal given the ELR and initial temperature)
• understand, and be able to define and use, meteorological terms such as stability, instability, veer, back,
ELR, DALR, SALR, tephigram, anabatic, katabatic
• be able to describe the usual conditions associated with high- and low-pressure weather systems
• understand the causes of: valley winds throughout the day, sea breezes and sea-breeze fronts, wave lift,
fog (of various types)
• fully understand and be able to interpret a synoptic chart - to the extent of being able to describe the
current weather at selected locations, and to forecast likely changes
• be able to link cloud types to precipitation.

Held at Glynde Social
Induction for new members from 7.30 till 8

Then following on from last months talk we will be looking at the different phases of flying, what can go wrong and what you can do to improve your flying so that you become a better pilot.

Part of this will be looking at actual incidents and how using the Pilot Development Scheme can help you avoid them.

mainly geared to lower air time pilots but as always any one is welcome.