Archive for July, 2019

Sunday 28th to Tuesday 30th July 2019

Sunday 28th.  A cloudy, overcast day with a light to moderate N/NE wind blowing did not result in any glider flying due to the low cloud base.  However, this  did not mean a flyless day as the Falke had 3 trips around the local area, including along the edge of the North Yorkshire Moors to […] Read More...

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Friday 26th to Saturday 27th July 2019

Friday 26th.  The hot, blue and stable conditions of Thursday had started to be replaced by a cloudier and cooler but still warm air mass, the maximum temperature being 25.3C.  However, the cloudier skies did not herald the development of usable convection, so the day's 16 ATs off runway 20 into a light to moderate […] Read More...

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Wednesday 24th to Thursday 25th July 2019

Wednesday 24th.  Thunderstorms in the small hours deposited 14 mm of rain and come morning, extensive low cloud brought in on a light to  moderate E'ly meant a delay to the start of flying.  Conditions slowly improved with the wind veering into the SSW, allowing operations to commence off runway 20 around 1300 hrs.  2 […] Read More...

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Friday 19th to Tuesday 23rd July 2019

Friday 19th.  A light to moderate ESE'ly blew all day with 4.0 mm of rain falling from grey skies, so  there was no flying. Saturday 20th.  The light to moderate wind from the ESE continued to blow and be accompanied by cloudy skies and rain, another 4.5 mm falling before ceasing before lunch.  Thereafter, clearing […] Read More...

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Tuesday 16th to Thursday 18th July 2019

Tuesday 16th.  A light to  moderate WSW'ly blew all day with ATs off runway 24, medium level cloud at times not seeming to detract too much from lower Cumulus development, allowing some local cross countries to be flown from the day's 50 launches.  The 2 seaters were busy as another group from Barnsley College, sponsored […] Read More...

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Tuesday 9th to Monday 15th July 2019

Tuesday 9th.   A light to moderate ESE'ly brought in an overcast with light rain in the morning, the wind veering into the SW around 1530 hrs, but the conditions never improved sufficiently to allow any flying.  So it was a rest day for the Enterprise competitors. Wednesday 10th.  The initial  cloudy conditions soon improved as […] Read More...

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Friday 5th to Monday 8th July 2019

Friday 5th.  Friday was a generally cloudy day as a intially light SW/W'ly wind blew, increasing to become moderate as the day progressed.  The day's 12 AT launches off runway 24 inlcuded 6 for First Flight pupils, shared between Bruce Grain, Les Rayment, and Robin Hutchinson, while 4 pilots had over an hour inlcuding some […] Read More...

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Thursday 5th July 2019

Thursday 5th.  A light SSW'ly with an accompanying thin, high cover opened the day, the wind increasing to become moderate by the afternoon and veering into the WNW and the high cover thickening.  In spite of the high cover, Cumulus eventually developed, providing some help on a very soft ridge, but prior to this the […] Read More...

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Tuesday 2nd to Wednesday 3rd July 2019

Tuesday 2nd.  A light WSW slowly veered into the NNW over the course of the day, the air mass providing thermic conditions that allowed pilots to post some good soaring flights in terms of duration, but not in terms of distance, with the BGA ladder and OLC not troubled by YGC pilots.  Additionally, with the […] Read More...

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Monday 1st July 2019

Monday 1st.  The moderate to fresh WSW'ly continued to blow, although slowly moderating and veering into the WNW by the end of the flying day, so it was another day of winching off runway 24.   A steady demand for launches resulted in 20 being flown, this including 4 by private owners and 3 in the […] Read More...

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