Tuesday 26th. A light to moderate WSW/W'ly blew, with initially cloudy skies slowly giving way to sunnier skies in the afternoon. Eurofox tows off runway 24 numbered 5, all of them giving flight times of over an hour as thermal and wave provided soaring opportunities. Alan Beaumont was first off in the DG500, landing after […] Read More...
Thursday 21st. A moist and light to moderate airstream from the SW/WSW provided another soaring day with thermal and wave, although it took a little while for soaring to get going. Robin Hutchinson, taking off around 1045 hrs in K21 JVZ posted the first soaring flight of the day, 45 minutes, one of 10 […] Read More...
Wednesday 20th. The anticyclone had moved further east, advecting some very warm air over the UK from Spain and France, with the result that the day delivered the highest maximum daily temperature of the year so far, 26.8C at Topcliffe. Clear blue skies and a light to moderate S'ly wind made for a pleasant day […] Read More...
Tuesday 19th. The anticyclone influencing the weather over the UK had remained to the SW so that it was again a day with WSW'ly winds, though they had declined in strength slightly to become light to moderate. Operations were again off runway 24 and 11 ATs were flown behind the Eurofox. Fronts moving up the […] Read More...
Saturday 16th. Following the very welcome news that recreational flying could recommence with certain restrictions, specifically that all flying must be solo, the YGC restarted flying today. The board had decided that to maintain compliance with current social distancing rules, a phased return to gliding was to be implemented, with attendance at site being initially […] Read More...
