Club Rules

1. Model gliders ONLY shall be flown from the slopes of White Sheet Down. This is a condition on which the National Trust allows us to use the site, and powered flying of any sort is therefore absolutely and strictly forbidden.
2. All pilots must be covered by third party insurance and shall show proof of such on demand to any WRFC Committee member or authorised official.
3. Visiting pilots are welcome (but not to exceed 20 per year if flying on National Trust Land - slopes 1, 2 & 3), and must fly to WSRFC rules. Visitors wishing to fly on NT land must obtain prior permission from a Committee member.
4. The WSRFC Pegboard MUST be used. If you arrive to find no orange disc displayed outside of the Red Lion in Whitesheet Lane you must set up the disc and take the pegboard to the slope. The disc and pegboard are kept in the carport in the pub car park. In case of difficulties contact a committee member, do not trouble the Landlord. If you are flying DS or cross country use an odd numbered frequency channel, clip the "DS/X Country" peg onto the pegboard handle, and leave the peg board in a prominent position in the lane at the top of the hill, usually next to the gate leading to the SW bowl.
5. No-one shall switch on a transmitter until they are CERTAIN that their frequency is available; firstly by checking for notes on the gatepost of the main bowl (in case someone is flying on another slope) , secondly by obtaining the appropriate peg, and lastly by checking that the frequency of the transmitter matches the chosen peg!
6. All pilots, beginners and experts alike, are to functionally check the control movements of their aircraft immediately before launching. They are to check that there are no other aircraft in the vicinity of the launch, and are to announce their intention to launch to other flyers. (Beginners must seek help in the early stages; it will be gladly given).
7. All pilots shall group together when flying unless landing or making a prearranged cross-country flight.
8. No pilot shall deliberately fly close to people or animals or make a landing whose final approach or overshoot is immediately over the heads of other people. (Beware walkers if landing 'in extremis' on the face of the slope).
9. Combat flying (i.e. flying to deliberately touch another aircraft) is absolutely forbidden. All flyers are expected to fly with complete consideration for others and their models.
10. If a full sized glider, hang glider, paraglider or other man carrying device should enter your airspace, or appear likely to, you must give way and keep clear.
11. Flyers are to park their cars alongside the track in such a way as not to impede other vehicles. They are to observe the Country Code scrupulously, particularly in leaving absolutely no litter.
12. 12. The WSRFC reserves the right to terminate the membership of pilots who in the judgement of the Committee deliberately flout these rules.