Archive for August, 2017

Tuesday August 29th 2017

Morning briefing suggested that the weather for the day would be "ordinary" in soaring terms with the overcast perhaps breaking to give some convection during the afternoon. Given the hectic days flying on Monday all the YGC crew who had helped to keep the queues moving were thanked.  The ground operation had been slick all […] Read More...

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Sunday August 27th and Monday August 28th 2017

Sunday: Almost ideal conditions were forecast for the first day of the Slingsby Week Rally. Very light winds from the south with gentle thermal activity generated 60 launches in the day, about a third of which were by vintage gliders. Conditions were not inviting for x/c flying, even for the white plastic gliders, so the […] Read More...

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Saturday 26th August 2017

Saturday 26th.  A light SSW'ly was initially accompanied by blue skies, but these soon filled with cloud that produced some light showers and meant the morning's launches off runway 20 were not blessed with any soaring opportunities.  However, conditions improved markedly after lunch with nice looking Cu dotted about the sky, the wind having veered into […] Read More...

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Friday 25th August 2017

Friday 25th.  The depression to the north of Ireland was still in place feeding a light to moderate, cloudy, SSW'ly flow over the north of England resulting in moderate soaring conditions for the Task Week pilots.  They were set the same task as on Thursday, to complete as many triangles as possible out of a […] Read More...

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Thursday 24th August 2017

Thursday 24th.  A light to moderate SW'ly blew all day, being accompanied by extensive cloud and a few showers that interfered with flying late morning.  Conditions slowly improved in the early afternoon with the hill working at low level and some convective activity late afternoon to interest those on the ground.  The Task Week competitors […] Read More...

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Wednesday 23rd August 2017

Wednesday 23rd.  A  slow moving but very active cold front brought some torrential downpours to the local area in the morning and meant that the day was scrubbed as far as the Task Week competitors and club flying were concerned. However, a gliding based quiz kept the Task Week entrants engaged until lunch time. Conditions […] Read More...

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Tuesday 22nd August 2017

Tuesday 22nd.   A passing warm front crossed the site leaving it in a humid air mass, the remnants of Hurricane GERT.  The result was low cloud sitting on the hill, this not clearing until around lunch time with little prospect of any soaring opportunities during the rest of the day.  Consequently, the day was scrubbed […] Read More...

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Monday 21st August 2017

Monday 21st.  An unpromising sky greeted the Task Week entrants as a high overcast stretched from horizon to horizon, however, after presenting John Ellis with his day winner award from Sunday, the eager competitors were presented with a task to fly to as many BGA TP's as possible within four 90 degree sectors centred on […] Read More...

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Saturday 19th August 2017

In addition to the two early-morning motorglider sorties to Pocklington and back (to ferry a tug pilot for the two-seater competition) there were  sixteen winch launches into the gusty and wavy conditions, and one self-launch. Conditions were not suitable for tasking the Northerns competitors, although two of the competitors flew their gliders for 6:11 and […] Read More...

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