Wednesday 25th. A moderate N'ly blew all day, bringing in extensive low cloud that produced rain by early afternoon, with 6 mm falling during the rest of the day. Consequently, there was no flying. Thursday 26th. The departing fronts left a legacy of extensive low cloud and drizzly dampness, this amounting to 1.5 mm in total. A […] Read More...
Friday 20th. Friday evening's flying was all by AT as the wind, although remaining W'ly, had dropped to become light to moderate. 8 ATs were flown with Chris HaresNape, Alan Beamish and Mark Newburn providing most of the P2 pilots and Steve Thompson, Paul Whitehead and Dick Cole all spending time as P1, with the […] Read More...
Thursday 19th. A light to moderate SSE'ly blew at the start of the day, veering into the SW as more Atlantic fronts approached from the west, their rain arriving around 1630 hours. A late start saw 5 ATs flown off runway 20, the only club glider to be flown being K21 JVZ with the flying […] Read More...
Tuesday 17th. The Atlantic fronts approaching from the west of the UK didn't make their presence felt at Sutton until mid afternoon, although prior to this, some early spreadout and a low cloud base had delayed any cross country attempts, the light to moderate WSW'ly wind slowly backing into the SSW over the course of the […] Read More...
Friday 13th. A southward travelling, very weak, cold front meant it was a day of overcast skies and occasional bits and pieces of rain in a progressively cooler, moderate N'ly, the result of which was a non-flying day, but at least there were no distractions for those attending the final sessions of the Aim Higher Course. […] Read More...
Wednesday 11th. A moderate to moderate to fresh E'ly blew all day as the low over southern England remained in place, skies being overcast until mid afternoon when the cloud started to break up. The conditions did not encourage any to fly in the real world although some members of the Aim Higher course did embark […] Read More...
Thursday 5th. A moderate SSE'ly that slowly veered to become S'ly by the end of the day was accompanied by sunny skies and early forming Cumulus, although there was an overlying layer of thin wispy Cirrus. The launch point was soon busy to accommodate all who wanted to fly including 14 private owners and 4 […] Read More...
Wednesday 4th. An establishing anticyclone replaced the W'lies of Tuesday with a moderate SSE'ly, early Cumulus gradually disappearing as the air dried out to leave blue thermals, these giving climbs to a maximum of 5,300' asl. However, the broken nature of the lift and the strong wind at flying height made cross country flying something […] Read More...
Friday 29th. A northward moving occluded front associated with a low over the North Sea meant it was a cloudy and damp day at Sutton although the rain was light and patchy. Nevertheless it was sufficient to prevent any flying as the initially W'ly wind veered into the N and decreased from moderate to light to […] Read More...
