Archive for December, 2017

Friday 29th to Sunday 31st December 2017

Friday 29th.  A depression tracking east over the south of England deposited a few cms of snow on the site, the initially moderate ESE'ly backing into the SW and decreasing in strength over the course of the day as the snow stopped and the skies lightened.  With no flying possible, John Carter took this picture of […] Read More...

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Thursday 21st to Thursday 27th December

Thursday 21st.  Overnight rain had cleared but left a cloudy, murky day with a light SE'ly flow, the weather remaining mild.  All 6 ATs on the day were flown in K21 JVZ, with Mr A Brown flying 4 of them in the company of either Bob Beck or Andy Parish, while the day's only First Flight pupil […] Read More...

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Monday 18th to Wednesday 20th December 2017

Monday 18th.   A light mainly W'ly wind with a high, thin cover provided a quiet gliding day, with take offs from runway 24 and landings on 20 and even 02.  11 ATs resulted, with K21 JVZ, the DG1000 and the DG303 utilised.  In the absence of any lift, it was once more a circuit day, with […] Read More...

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Wednesday 13th to Sunday 17th December 2017

Wednesday 13th.  A cloudy day, the moderate S'ly bringing in periods of rain and low cloud to prevent any  hope of flying, before the responsible front cleared away to the east, the clearance, with  a veer to a moderate W'ly wind, coming too late to allow any flying to take place. Thursday 14th.  A light […] Read More...

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Saturday 9th to Tuesday 12th December 2017

Saturday 9th.  Another cold, but flyable day, produced 21 ATs off runway 24, all in either the club's or our Cambridge GC  visitor's 2 seaters,  a light to moderate WNW'ly slowly backing into the SW as the day progressed.    The lack of any lift meant flight times were directly related to launch height, with Derek Smith and […] Read More...

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Monday 3rd to Friday 8th December 2017

Monday 3rd.  A light to moderate W'ly that slowly backed into the WSW, plus sunny skies, provided a pleasant flying day, with even some vestiges of weak wave lift to delay the inevitable.  6 of the 10 aerotows off runway 24 generated flights of 30 minutes or more but nobody managed an hour, with Tony Drury, […] Read More...

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Thursday 30th November to Sunday 2nd December

Thursday 30th November.  A moderate to fresh NNW'ly, with gusts in excess of 30 kts, was accompanied by frequent and at times heavy snow showers, confining the gliders and tugs to the hangars and those members who braved the weather to the club house.  Thursday also turned out to be the first ice day of […] Read More...

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