Archive for August, 2019

Tuesday 27th to Thursday 29th August 2019

Tuesday 27th   Tuesday turned out to be the last of the hot days, with the hazy blue skies gradually clouding over from the west as a series of troughs and fronts approached.  The maximum temperature reached 26.9C as a light ESE'ly blew, so operations were again off runway 20.  the Tuesday evening group continued flying […] Read More...

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Tuesday 20th to Monday 26th August 2019

Tuesday 20th.   A light to moderate WSW'ly blew all day and with generally cloudy skies but with thermal activity, 5 private owners launched on a soaring day, with 20 of the day's 27 launches exceeding 60 minutes and 6 of these exceeding an hour.   The private owners all had flights exceeding 2 hours and while […] Read More...

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Sunday 18th to Monday 19th August 2019

Sunday 18th.  The winner of Day 4 and  the overall winner of Task week were presented with they prizes following briefing, as described in the summary of Task Week which preceded this Blog.  Sunday's weather was virtually a repeat of Saturday's, an initially light to moderate SW'ly veering into  the WSW and increasing to moderate […] Read More...

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YGC Task Week 11-17th August 2019

This year's task week, from 11-17th August, sponsored by Hill Aviation Insurance,  had 4 contest days with Task Week Director George Rowden, providing a sporting theme to the tasks confronting the, on average, 9 contestants.  After a scrubbed day on Sunday 11th, a wet and cloudy morning on Monday 12th was followed by a good […] Read More...

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Friday 16th to Saturday 17th August 2019

Friday 16th.  Another deep Atlantic depression kept the site in cloud, with rain falling from 1200 hrs and continuing for the rest of the day, 19.8 mm being recorded.  The wind, a light to moderate SEl'y  veered into the SSE and increased to moderate to fresh as the day progressed. Saturday 17th.  The depression,  now […] Read More...

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Thursday 15th August 2019

Thursday 15th.   Thursday started with low cloud and rain, but this soon cleared, and with a moderate to fresh W'ly blowing, the winch was soon in operation launching the first of the day's Task Week competitors on primarilly a hill soaring task but with thermal and wave based options. By midday, however, the wind  became […] Read More...

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Monday 12th to Wednesday 14th August 2019

Monday 12th.  A light WSW'ly blew most of the  day, being accompanied by low cloud and occasional rain until the afternoon.  Task Week participants were given a Snooker based task based on an expected clearance to the weather in the early afternoon.  This duly arrived and with better than expected conditions, excellent visibility, a high […] Read More...

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Sunday 11th August 2019

Sunday 11th.  Another 12.4 mm of rain had fallen overnight and the morning dawned to overcast skies, dry conditions and a light to moderate SW'ly wind.  The base of the overcast was around 1,000' QFE, with some wave indentations rather than slots evident.  The  start of flying was delayed until just before lunch by the […] Read More...

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Wednesday 7th and Friday 9th to Saturday 10th August 2019

Wednesday 7th.  A light to moderate WSW/SW'ly that was at times moderate, meant a day of both winching and ATing off runway 24 and with thermal conditions adding to hill soaring some cross countries were flown.  Bill Payton and Chris Thirkell posted the longest flight of the day, just under 4 hours as they flew […] Read More...

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Tuesday 6th to Thursday 8th August 2019

Tuesday 6th.   A light to moderate SSW'ly blew all day, so operations were off 20 with 26 ATs flown, including 6 for First Flight pupils.  The majority of the  day's isolated heavy showers missed the site,  but one arrived around 1700 hrs and caused a brief termination of flying and also a marker between those […] Read More...

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