Tuesday: George is off on his well earned holidays for a while so the understudy has taken over for a couple of weeks. There will not be the usual meticulous recording of each days events you are used to and there will be a certain amount of journalistic license, hopefully not descending into the now […] Read More...
Thursday 19th. A light SSE'ly soon veered into the W, and with Cumulus blossoming mid morning, a number of private owners rigged and flew with some subsequent entries on the BGA Ladder. However, the day proved to be tricky at times but nevertheless, Steve Thompson completed an 157 km trip in his Discus around Carlton […] Read More...
Monday 16th. Early bright skies were soon replaced by cloudy ones as a front approached from the west and after 4 launches from runway 20 into a light S'ly wind, operations were delayed for a little while by the first of the day's rain. A temporary clearance then allowed a further 5 launches before more […] Read More...
Friday 13th. Another low base overcast delayed the start of flying until 1100 hrs, the wind being a light SSE'ly, with the first launches being limited to around 1,000' QFE by the cloud, but perfectly acceptable for circuit training. The cloud base slowly rose allowing the first of the day's 7 First Flight pupils to be […] Read More...
Wednesday 11th. The predominately light to moderate N'ly flow continued, varying from NNW to start the day before progressively veering to become NE'ly at the end. An early morning overcast soon dispersed to give a reasonable soaring day, although conditions away from the site were significantly worse. Unlike Tuesday, Cumulus of significant vertical extent developed […] Read More...
Saturday 7th. A light to moderate NNW'ly slowly backed into the WNW over the course of the day with Cu blossoming relatively early but not leading to overconvection. Consequently, it was a good soaring day with a plethora of cross countries to report from the 38 ATs off runway 02 on the day. Derek Taylor […] Read More...
Thursday 5th. Thursday dawned blue with a light to moderate NW'ly wind, this slowly veering into the NE over the course of the day. Cumulus started to appear mid morning, with the first of the 6 private owners to launch, Lindsay McLane, setting off in his Ventus. Lindsay visited Barnard Castle and Grantham, but on the […] Read More...
Tuesday 3rd. The day started with predominately cloudy skies with a light N'ly blowing, this having a tendency to veer into the NNE. The initial cloud base was high enough to allow operations off runway 02 to commence just after 1000 hrs and continue, courtesy of the Tuesday evening group, until 2138 hrs, the intervening […] Read More...
Friday 29th. A light to moderate N'ly blew all day accompanied by blue skies, as the Scandinavian anticyclonic continued to dominate the weather, meaning it was another day of limited soaring opportuities, with only blue thermals to arrest the inevitable return to earth. The 2 seaters were busy all day with members, 7 First Flight […] Read More...
