25th Jan 1977
Airframe test prior to first flight
HCV was originally registered as D-4486
1st Feb 1977
HCV's first flight from Huhnrain airfield flown by Edgar Kremer
The flight lasted for 17 minutes
20th March 1977
HCV started out at Schwarze Heide airport and was flown by F. Schewe
5th June 1990
HCV's last recorded flight registered in Germany
Over the past 13 years HCV had logged 880 flights and 1502 hours
25th May 1993
It appears 147 flights are missing between German and UK logbooks
HCV's first recorded flight after being registered in the UK was at Aston Down
6th June 1994
Ownership transferred to W. Palmer
HCV is now BGA No.3846 and has the comp reg of 'D5'
1998-2005ish
Ownership transferred to Adam Law
18th April 2002
HCV is re-painted in 2k acrylic
18th April 2002
HCV now as the tail number of 'X19' and featured in quite a few Junior Gliding videos
1st October 2002
Ownership transferred to Jenny Novak
27th Jan 2006
HCV undergoes a tailwheel conversion
1st August 2006
HCV flies 537km, quite an impressive feat
1st June 2007
HCV has a heavy landing requiring lots of repair work
The canopy, rudder, undercarriage, tailwheel and elevator are replaced
3rd Feb 2012
Ownership transferred to John Savage at the London Gliding Club
21st May 2014
Ownership transferred to the LGC Cadets
Up to this point HCV had 1404 launches and 2339 hours
11th April 2014
Bradley Hutchings becomes the first LGC cadet to fly HCV, and promptly lands out
11th April 2015
One year to the day since HCV was first flown by the cadets
Clement Allen flies his first solo XC and gets his Silver distance and height
31st July 2015
Joe Roberts flies his first 300k
28th August 2015
Clement Allen flies his first 300k at the Junior Nationals
10th September 2015
Clement Allen gets his Gold height in wave at Llanbedr, Wales
30th July - 7th August 2016
Clement Allen flies HCV as a competitor in the Dunstable Regionals
20th August - 28th August 2016
Emily Tillett flies HCV as a competitor in the Junior Nationals
19th August - 27th August 2017
Clement Allen flies HCV as a competitor in the Junior Nationals
There were six scoring days in the competition and Clement finished everyone with one day on the podium
Overall, Clement came 6th out of 45 competitors