Archive for July, 2017

Saturday July 15th – Monday July 17th 2017

Saturday: Not a day to go gliding although Andy Parish and passenger did get off the ground briefly mid afternoon for a 20 min sortie in the Falke. Sunday 16th: Another W wind day and yet more wave.Those who entered flights on the ladder were Jim McLean in the ASW24 with 175km, John Ellis 220km […] Read More...

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Friday 14th July

Another good soaring day was forecast with light North westerly winds, and so it turned out to be. When your author left the airfield flying was still underway, and 17 glider flights (5 over an hour long) had already been undertaken. Mike Wood delights in soaring the Ka8, and had over an hour in it […] Read More...

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Thursday 13th July

Another good soaring day was forecast, and 30 flights took place, with two private owners flying. Will got the ball rolling just after 10 o'clock with a "mile high" trial flight, and paid his way with a total of 6 flights, of which 3 were mile high! Graham Taylor had a couple of check flights […] Read More...

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Monday 10th to Wednesday 12th July

The weather on Monday was not suitable for flying, and all the aircraft stayed under cover. This meant an unfortunate and uneventful start for the members and instructors who had arrived for the week long gliding course. Tuesday 11th promised to be a repeat of Monday, but the weather forecast was consistent in its prediction […] Read More...

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Sunday 9th July 2017

The early conditions featured some low cloud, but with a few gaps, so a late start at 10:50 saw John Carter and Mark Newburn making an exploratory tow in KLW (K21) and becoming the only pilots of the day to experience wave in their flight of 46 minutes.  It's there if you look for it, as […] Read More...

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Saturday 8th July 2017

Of the forty six launches twenty five were by private owners, one of whom self-launched.  Flying started at 09:46 and ended with the last landing at 18:00 (precisely!). Conditions cycled between scattered smallish cumulus, blue, and blue but with top-cover, which may explain some short flights in the club two-seaters. However, conditions away from the […] Read More...

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Friday 7th July 2017

A slightly better day in Yorkshire! There were twenty flights, two of which were self-launches by John Ellis in his DG808C, the other seventeen were aerotows, three of which were by private owners.  Steve Thompson looked after Andrew Rigby, who as a day-course member had three flights in a K21 and clocked up just over […] Read More...

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Thursday 6th July 2017

The morning started with fog - visibility was down to 50 yards - but the local forecast was of a clearance later in the morning, so a keen lookout was kept for signs of improvement, and hangar-unpacking got underway at 11:30.  With a light sou'westerly the Eurofox was used along 20.  The two K21s and […] Read More...

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Wednesday 5th July 2017

The day started with light winds and low clouds, and continued in this vein until just before 6pm, thereby delaying any club flying.  An afternoon session for a group of  Womens Institute members from West Yorkshire was also delayed, but the WI had their planned on-site, post-flight, meal somewhat earlier, and aerotowing started at 18:03, […] Read More...

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Monday July 3rd – Tuesday July 4th 2017

Monday 3rd: The day took a while to get going but eventually it turned out to be a decent thermal soaring day. John Ellis was the exception to the thermallers using a cloud climb to 5000ft which was high enough to contact wave (again!) W of the A1. His TP's included Gardale Head and Kirkby […] Read More...

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