Thursday 19th. An Atlantic front brought 18.6 mm of rain to the site mainly overnight and into the morning and even though the rain stopped, the associated low cloud never disappeared to allow flying to take place. Friday 20th. Another wet and non-flyable day, this time the rain, 7.6 mm of it, commencing from around […] Read More...
Sunday 15th. Those arriving for the 0930 hr briefing found a snow covered airfield and a light to moderate SW'ly wind that declined to light as it backed into the SE. Although the day was bright, a combinafion of the condition of the airfield and the atmosphere, the latter causing rapid icing, meant there was […] Read More...
Saturday 14th. A day of frequent, squally, snow showers brought in on a moderate to fresh WSW'ly wind restricted flying to 4 winch launches off runway 24, none of the resulting flights lasting very long. John Tayler and Junior member Alex Altman recorded the longest flight of the day, 28 minutes in K21 KLW off […] Read More...
Tuesday 10th. A fresh and gusty SE'ly accompanied by low cloud and rain meant it was a non-flying day, the rain lasting from 0730-1830 hrs and depositing 7.6 mm. Wednesday 11th. A light to moderate SE'ly slowly veered into the SW over the course of the day which was generally sunny, but with a thin, […] Read More...
Saturday 30th. Blue, sunny skies and a light E'ly that backed into the ENE, resulted in a busy launch point as pilots took advantage of some flying weather after a week of cloud and rain. The latter had made parts of the airfield very soft so an added challenge was to land on the firmer […] Read More...
