Tuesday 26th. The high pressure, with its centre to the NE of the UK, continued to provide blue skies, light winds and high temperatures, 27.1C being the day's maximum after an overnight low of 14.3C. However, the inevitable temperature inversion meant that usable thermals were hard to find during the morning but were present in […] Read More...
Saturday 23rd. The wind was light to moderate for the whole of the day, initially from the WNW, briefly from the west and then finally veering into the WNW, a medium level overcast for most of the day resulting in an absence of much in the way of soaring opportunities. No flights, from the 15 […] Read More...
Friday 22nd. Yesterday's NW'ly had veered into the N and become light to moderate, this moderation continuing throughout the day as the wind declined to light and backed into the W, this eventually causing a runway change from 02 to 24 by the middle of the afternoon. The skies remained blue for most of the day […] Read More...
Thursday 21st. A beautiful looking sky and gliders passing overhead while on 1000km tasks starting from the south of England only increased the frustration of those at site, as a moderate NW'ly, with its associated turbulent conditions across ruways 20 and 24 kept the Sutton gliders on the ground. The only airfield activity was the […] Read More...
Tuesday 19th. The conditions had not altered greatly from Monday, the now WSW'ly wind having moderated slightly while having a tendency to back into the SSW. Accordingly, it was again a wave day with the first flight of the day seeing Will Blackburn take the first of the day's 6 First Flight pupils to 8,200' in […] Read More...
Saturday 16th. An intially light to moderate SW'ly slowly increased in strength to become moderate while varying between SSW and WSW. The day was generaly cloudy, with the cloud thick enough to generate regular showers and low enough to prevent any glider flying until late in the day, when John Marsh flew first with Phil […] Read More...
Friday 8th. A light to moderate NNW'ly blew all day, slowly moderating to become light by the end of flying, but accompanied by an overcast that, although allowing flying, restricted launch heights to 1000-1600' QFE. As a result the longest flight time from the day's 32 ATs was 12 minutes. However, as the majority of the flights […] Read More...
Saturday 2nd. A thundery front travelling northwards brought a morning of heavy rain and an afternoon of low cloud that meant there was no opportunity to fly. Consequently, the highlight of the day was culinary in nature as the remains of Friday's feast again found willing consumers. Sunday 3rd. After Saturday's rain, the weather reverted […] Read More...
Tuesday 29th. A blanket of low cloud was the case for most of the day, the cloud brought in on a light to moderate NNWly flow. Some signs of breakup could be seen around the middle of the afternoon, allowing Roger Burghall to take a tow to 2,200' QFE but by the time he landed some 22 […] Read More...
