Wednesday 20th. A light to moderate S'ly slowly backed into the SE during the course of the day, sunshine being at a premium on an overall cloudy day. However, cloud base was sufficiently high to allow gliding and there was even sufficient convection to allow a few flights out of the 13 ATs flown on the […] Read More...
Tuesday 19th. A transient ridge of high pressure produced a thermic and cross country day at Sutton, 33 ATs being flown off runway 20 into a light SSW'ly wind that later veered into the W and strengthened slightly. Some patience on the part of the 7 private owners who rigged was required, as although Cu […] Read More...
Friday 15th. A light to moderate NW'ly wind meant operations off runway 02 had to cope with the usual low level turbulence on take off, while the predominately cloudy skies meant soaring opportunities were absent. In the event, 13 ATs were flown in one or other of the K21s behind the Super Cub, with none of […] Read More...
Tuesday 12th. A moderate W'ly that veered into the WNW before later backing into the SW and decreasing to light to moderate meant it was a winching day, albeit with a single AT, the skies remaining predominately cloudy although with some convective activity. 28 winch launches were flown, with 7 pilots having flight times in […] Read More...
Saturday 9th. A light SW'ly progressively veered into the NNW and increased to light to moderate on a day that produced a number of showers from a generally cloudy sky, cloud base never getting much above 2,000' QFE. Only the 2 seaters were flown, including the Falke, to accommodate a a group of visiting Scouts […] Read More...
Wednesday 6th. A light to moderate WSW'ly blew all day, providing hill lift and, later in the day, wave to enjoy. 31 ATs were flown, sandwiching 7 winch launches, which were flown in the late afternoon as the wind speed increased, before this lessening, allowing a return to ATing . 34 of the day's flights exceeded […] Read More...
Sunday 3rd. A moderate SSE'ly blew all day, gusting into the mid 20 kts, around midday, with 16 AT's flown off runway 20, four of which were for First Flight pupils.. Soaring opportunities were limited, but visitors Barry Kirby and Barry Monslow from the Stratford GC in their Duo Discus, showed what was possible with the longest […] Read More...
Andy's briefing was brief - it was going to be a very good day with x/c potential. There would be numerous gliders in the air in the local area and beyond so a good lookout was paramount. It being the final day of the Slingsby Rally Phil Lazenby and Nick Gaunt thanked the visiting pilots […] Read More...
Thursday: Andy Parish led the briefing for both club members and the Slingsby attendees suggesting that the day would be soarable but showers might stop play at times. Early starters were the club K21s with instructional flights. Will flew the first of the days trial lessonists. Father and son Newberys disappeared in their DG1000T for […] Read More...
Wednesday: After Andy's briefing Justin Wills and Mike Armstrong were awarded bottles of wine for their exploits the previous day and each gave a resume of their impressions of the "rival" gliders they flew. It was interesting to hear that both of them found the machine they flew had much in common with their own […] Read More...
