Archive for April, 2018

Thursday 26th April 2018

Thursday 26th.  A moderate WSW'ly blew all day, initially accompanied by frequent showers that delayed flying until late morning, with, thereafter, 20 winch launches off runway 24.  All the available club 2 seaters were flown plus 3 of the club single seaters, while private owners  were represented by Jon May who flew his Duo Discus […] Read More...

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Tuesday 24th to Wednesday 25th April 2018

Tuesday 24th.  The day started with generally cloudy skies and a moderate WSW'ly wind, allowing winching to get underway around 1020 hrs from runway 24.  However, the wind started to decrease and so, after the 4th winch launch, a change to ATing occurred, but this only accommodated a single launch as the cloud thickened and […] Read More...

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Monday 23rd April 2018

Monday 23rd.  A moderate to fresh WSW'ly blew for most of the day, gusting into the high 20 kts, before backing into the SW later, the skies being generally cloudy.  The conditions meant it was a winch day off runway 24 and as well as steady hill lift to soar in, a few pilots contacted […] Read More...

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Saturday 21st to Sunday 22nd April 2018

Saturday 21st.  A light SE'ly opened the day, but  this soon increased to moderate with a tendency to veer into the S and flying got underway just after 1000 hrs when John Marsh and Dave Murgatroyd took the first of the 34 ATs of the day in K21 KLW behind the Eurofox off runway 20.  […] Read More...

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Tuesday 17th to Friday 20th April 2018

Tuesday 17th.  A moderate to fresh SE'ly that slowly veered into the S was accompanied by copious amounts of cloud with a base around 1400' QFE.  The wind, gusting to around 30 kts over the middle of the day, prevented any flying until the evening, due to the cross wind on runway 20.  However, the […] Read More...

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Sunday 15th to Monday 16th April 2018

Sunday 15th.  The start of flying was delayed by poor visibility and a low cloud base, the first launch off runway 20 seeing Steve Thompson and A Sayer have 11 minutes of a 1700' AT in K21 KLW.   The next 2 launches, Tony Drury flying KLW solo and Steve and Paul Frost, also in KLW, both […] Read More...

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Friday 13th to Saturday 14th 2018

Friday 13th.  Friday continued the drab and dank weather of the previous few days so there was  no flying.  However, a change of wind direction from onshore to offshore and a brightening of the skies late in the afternoon promised better times ahead. Saturday 14th.  A light to  moderate SW'ly opened the day, but poor […] Read More...

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Saturday 7th to Wednesday 11th April 2018

Saturday 7th.  A light to moderate wind, initially from the N but latterly veering into the SE, was accompanied by overcast skies that produced light rain at times, this restricting flying to 4 launches off runway 02,  three of which were for Paul Frost, with the remaining flight being for the day's only First Flight pupil, […] Read More...

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Sunday 1st to Friday 6th April 2018

Sunday 1st.  Sunday started with low cloud and showers, the wind being light to moderate from the N.  However, the weather then improved suficiently for flying to commence around 1400 hrs when the first of the day's 5 ATs off runway 02 launched.  The low cloud base restricted launch heights, with some pilots also choosing […] Read More...

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