Saturday 25th. The day dawned sunny and cold, the cold resulting in iced wings on the gliders that delayed the start of flying until just before midday, AT operations being off runway 24 as a light W'ly blew. 18 ATs resulted until misting canopies led to the last AT being aborted on the ground run before […] Read More...
Wednesday 22nd. A cloudy, damp and increasingly windy day, with the moderate to fresh SE'ly gusting into the mid 40 kts by late afternoon, resulting in a non-flying day. Thursday 23rd. A day of blustery showers with the moderate S'ly wind soon veering into the WSW and increasing to fresh, with gusts to 40 kts, […] Read More...
Thursday 16th. Some early morning rain, as a front cleared to the east, delayed the start of flying until around midday, the moderate SW'ly wind by this time having veered into the WNW and decreased in strength to light to moderate. Only 3 AT's were flown off runway 24, all in K21 JVZ, one of […] Read More...
Sunday 12th. A moderate to fresh NW'ly wind gusting into the mid thirty kts meant it was a non-flying day in the real world, although in the virtual world a number of members made use of the simulator. Monday 13th. A light to moderate WNW'ly that slowly backed into the SSW provided a quiet day's […] Read More...
Thursday 9th. A bright and sunny start to the day did not presage an early start to flying as the NW'ly wind was strong enough to generate rough and turbulent conditions on both take off and landing. However, a slow backing of the wind, eventually into the WSW, the latter change being accompanied by an […] Read More...
Tuesday 7th. A slow moving front brought a distinct wind change to site around midday, the moderate SE'ly becoming a moderate NW'ly , the change being also accompanied by the onset of rain, this lasting for the rest of the flying day, or should that be a non-flying day. The inactivity on the airfield was, […] Read More...
Sunday 5th. A clear, blue sunny morning flattered to deceive as a steadily increasing NW'ly wind led to turbulent conditions not only on take off from runway 02 but up to 1500-2000' QFE. An early batch of launches came to an end around midday when the decision was taken to suspend flying for a while […] Read More...
Thursday 2nd. A light to moderate NW'ly with sunny skies opened the day, the wind decreasing to become light and backing into the SSW later. 19 ATs were flown, with conditions becoming soarable for a couple of hours in the early afternoon, Rob Bailey in the DG303 having 2:15 as he explored the ridge as […] Read More...
Tuesday 31st. A moist, light to moderate, WSW'ly airstream brought some overnight rain and copious amounts of low cloud to the site, precluding any thoughts of flying. Wednesday 1st. The wind started off a light SSW'ly before becoming a moderate WSW'ly later in the day, the wind speed trace showing cyclical variation over the day, […] Read More...
