Archive for July, 2016

Friday 22nd to Wednesday 27th July

Friday 22nd.  Another generally cloudy day with a light to moderate S'ly blowing did not provide much in the way of lift, so  that only 3 of the day's AT's exceeded 30 minutes in duration and none exceeded an hour.  The day did not inspire many members to fly, with 50% of the flights for […] Read More...

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Monday 18th to Thursday 21st July

Monday 18th.  While the wind continued to blow from a generally W'ly direction it had declined in strength to become light to moderate.  This, however, did not mean that there was no wave, with at least a  couple of pilots getting above 9,000' asl, but it did mean that the 24 launches of the day […] Read More...

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Saturday 16th to Sunday 17th July

Your scribe has been  on holiday for a week so, with a lot of catching  up to do, the daily reports may be a little less detailed than usual. Saturday 16th.   A moderate to fresh W'ly, with gusts into the high 20 kts,  produced a good hill soaring day, with thermal and some excellent wave […] Read More...

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Wednesday 13th to Friday 15th July

Wednesday 13th.  Wednesday turned out to be a reasonable soaring day with a light to moderate NW'ly wind that slowly backed into the W.  With flying being extended into the evening as part of a initiative to provide more training and visitor  flying time, the last flight landed just before 2100 hrs, with the launch total for […] Read More...

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Sunday 10th to Tuesday 12th July

Sunday 10th.  A light to moderate WSW'ly soon backed into the SW and increased to moderate, with gusts later into the high 20 kts.  Initially, ATing was the order of the day, but as the wind speed increased, the option of winching was introduced, both launch methods running in parallel until the end of flying […] Read More...

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Tuesday 5th to Saturday 9th July.

Tuesday 5th.  A front had crossed the site in  the early morning, depositing 12.4 mm of rain and leaving a legacy of low cloud that delayed the start of flying until just before midday. the wind being a light to moderate N'ly, although this progressively veered to become a light S'ly by the end of […] Read More...

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Tuesday 28th June to Monday 4th July

Tuesday 28th.  A light to moderate SSW'ly that soon backed into the SSE and then further into the ESE, presaged the arrival of frontal showers and then more persistent  rain, the first showers arriving around midday and signalling the end of flying for the day.  There was, however, time for 8 ATs to be flown […] Read More...

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Friday 24th to Monday 27th June.

Friday 24th.  A light to moderate SW'ly blew for most of the day, veering into the W later on, the air stream containing a few showers that, fortunately, had little effect on the day's flying.   Flying started just after 1000 hrs and continued until 1900 hrs with some Friday evening activity, this helping the […] Read More...

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