Saturday 27th. A predominately cloudy day with a light to moderate NNE,ly blowing did not promise much in the way of soaring, but did suggest a smooth introduction to gliding for the weekend’s visiting group of Scouts and 3 First Flight pupils. 5 Scouts flew on the day, with the remainder due to fly on […] Read More...
Wednesday 17th. An Atlantic depression and its slow moving fronts brought a day of steady rain at Sutton, amounting to 20 mm. Consequently, there was no flying. Thursday 18th. The fronts had cleared overnight, leaving the site in a light to moderate SE’ly that soon veered into the WSW and provided conditions that gave some weak […] Read More...
Sunday 14th. A moderate N’ly blew all day, with occasional snowfall from a number of showers that crossed the site during the day. 5 ATs were flown between 1100 to 1300 hrs, but the conditions were not conducive to soaring with none of the flights exceeding 30 minutes. Martin White and Steve Wilson came closest […] Read More...
Thursday 11th. A gentle breeze from the west blew all day under generally sunny skies, but lift was in short supply, only one of the 12 ATs of the day exceeding 30 minutes, with most pilots seeking to extend their flight times by taking tows to 3,000′ QFE. Polly Whitehead led the way with 31 […] Read More...
Thursday 4th. A moderate to fresh NW’ly meant that curl over from the westerly ridge rendered conditions for take offs from runway 02 too turbulent for safe operations so the only flying was done on the simulator where John Marsh and Andy Parish had training session and visitor Adam Shakia from Gransden Lodge had 2 […] Read More...
Friday 29th A fresh to strong W’ly was very much in evidence at the start of the day, with gusts into the upper 50 kts, as an intense Atlantic depression tracked to the north of Scotland. The day’s maximum temperature of 9.7C was recorded at 0340 hrs but steadily declined thereafter, as did the […] Read More...
Sunday 24th. A moderate and very mild SW’ly flow provided mainly overcast skies but with a high enough base to allow flying, the wind later decreasing to light to moderate as it backed into the SSE. 4 ATs were flown, this number just exceeding the number of club 2 seaters utilised, this comprising both K21s and […] Read More...
Friday 22nd. Active fronts associated with an Atlantic depressions brought 12 mm of rain to the site, as well as keeping it in cloud for the majority of daylight hours, the clearance coming later as the wind, a moderate to fresh SE’ly to start, eventually veered to become W’ly by the end of the day. […] Read More...
Sunday 17th. The initially light to moderate SE’ly increased to moderate over the day, the benign weather allowing flying to commence around 1045 hrs and continue until around 1515 hrs. During this period, 9 ATs were flown off runway 20, including 4 for 3 First Flight pupils, the reason for the discrepancy between numbers of […] Read More...
Tuesday 5th. Apart from a slight wind change, strength now light to moderate and direction SSE’ly, the almost stationary depression remained over the UK providing yet more low cloud that shrouded the hill plus a little more rain, 4 mm overnight, so there was no flying. Wednesday 6th. Nothing much had changed synoptically, so the […] Read More...
