When I started to fly at Kenley (identified as one of the smaller ACO glider sites) we only used half of the available airfield because the powers that be decided to use half for weekend sports so we were prohibited from using that side!
This is a photograph taken by the late Alex Watson of a Prefect overhead the unused portion of the airfield, clearly showing the rugby posts and the prohibited area below.
The use of the cable retrieve system as mentioned in the previous post seems to have been completely overlooked by the "experts" at Syerston. Buying new winches is not going to increase the launch rate but this system would. But there what do we know,
they seem to know everything.
I just had a look at the earlier thread on
Air Cadet Gliding pix in the 80s, what a wealth of knowledge and experiences that will never be repeated.
They have a lot to answer for!