I started flying at Haddenham Airfield with the Upward Bound Trust
on 3rd July 1977. My first flight was in a Slingsby T-21 with Vic Wade,
who had flown a Horsa into Arnhem, and lasted 34 minutes. (If only the
rest of my flights in gliders were this long!)
Halfway through my
course I switched to the T-31 (‘Pathfinder 1’) and finally went solo after
37 launches on 25th September 1977 at the age of 16. I flew from Haddenham
until 1999 usually in the role of air-experience instructor in Slingsby
T.21's but also solo in various gliders.
It is without doubt that the Upward Bound
Trust gave me many opportunities I otherwise would never have been
able to get. I met many people and flew many different types of aircraft,
both powered and non-powered that I would never have got near if it wasn’t
for the Trust and its members.
I would like to thank all those involved
over the years for their help and generosity.
If you would like to contact me about any of this history please feel free to e-mail me.
E-mail: chamberlainp 'at' tiscali.co.uk
Or you can write to me at: Peter Chamberlain, 32 Fyne Drive, Leighton Buzzard, Beds, LU7 2YQ
Listed here are some of those that have helped in the production of this history.
D.F. ANCLIFFE, SYD BARNETT, RICHARD BODDINGTON, LES BOOT, KEN BOWLER, STEVE BOND, RICHARD BUTTERS, JACK CASLAW, JOE CHAMBERLAIN, THOMAS CHOLMONDELEY TAPPER, STEPHEN COTRELL, JOHN DAVIS, PETER DAVIS, J.B. DORRINGTON, GEORGE EWER, JUNE GUMMER, JOHN HARROWELL, KEN HARRUP, KEITH HAYWARD, PHIL HEATH, TIM HERVEY, MIKE HOLLAND, ROGER JACKSON, VERNON JENNINGS, HARRY JOHNSON, DICKIE KEY, GEORGE LEWIS, RONALD LUDGATER, YVONNE MACDONALD, BERNARD MARTIN, BOB MASON, MIKE MAUFE, DEREK PEARMUND, CHRIS PEREIRA, RICHARD POAD, ARTHUR PROCTER, ALAN ROSE, DAVE SCOTT, STEWART SLOAN, TERRY STILES, ROGER SYRATT, DAVID UNDERWOOD, PETER UNDERWOOD, ALAN WATKINS.
This history was started in 1991. Latest update August 2010.
