Archive for June, 2017

Sunday June 25th 2017

" I don't think it will be a wave day" said the instructor i/c of the day at briefing. Read on - - - Apart from a single air experience flight early on with Jonathon May P1 plus Ian Bullous and John Ellis in their self launching DG's all launching was by the winch into […] Read More...

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Saturday June 24th 2017

A busy flying day in a "between fronts" weather situation. The fresh but lively west wind meant that all but two of the flights were winch launches.  Average flight times were between 30 mins and one hour. Pilots to beat that duration included M Collins with just over 2 hours in the club's Astir and […] Read More...

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Wednesday 21st – Friday 23rd June 2017

Most of you will know that George is out of action for a while having a bionic hip fitted. Latest news is that the op went well and he will be back more sprightly than ever. Best wishes to him from us all. So you are stuck with the 2nd reserve for the next week […] Read More...

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Friday 16th to Tuesday 20th June 2017

Friday 16th.  A light to moderate WNW wind greeted the day with wave evident and this was soon exploited by those taking off during the morning.  A slowly approaching weak front resulted in the skies becoming increasingly cloudy and the wind, while slowly increasing to  moderate, backing to become WSW. 16 ATs were flown, with flying […] Read More...

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Monday 12th to Thursday 15th June 2017

Monday 12th.  A predominately moderate to fresh, W'ly wind gusting into the high 20 kts ensured it was a winching day, with good hill lift and evident wave, although the day's cloudiness meant getting into the wave was somewhat problematical.  14 winch launches were flown, all in one or other of the club's four 2 […] Read More...

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Monday 5th to Sunday 11th June 2017

Monday 5th.  A moderate and at times fresh SSE'ly airstream slowly veered into the SSW over the course of the day, as a slow moving depression tracked northwards over the east of the UK, the accompanying rain lasting all of the flying day and amounting to 9mm in total.  The combination of rain and low […] Read More...

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Thursday 1st to Sunday 4th June 2017

Thursday 1st.   A moderate SW'ly blew for most of the day  and while the generally cloudy skies restricted soaring opportunities, nevertheless,   4 of the day's 19 ATs led to flights in excess of an hour, with 9 further flights exceeding 30 minutes.  The conditions did allow 5 First Flight pupils to be introduced to soaring, […] Read More...

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Friday 26th May to Wednesday 31st May

Friday 26th.   A moderate, and at times fresh, SSE'ly ushered in the warmest day of the year so far, with isolated and transient Cu appearing around lunch time.  However, soaring proved to be difficult with only one flight, that by John Ellis in his DG800, and that off the last launch of the day, […] Read More...

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