Thursday 12th. A light S'ly flow slowly veered into the SW and strengthened to light to moderate, providing a day of variable soaring including wave. 35 ATs were flown, all but the last two off runway 20 before operations were changed to runway 24. 9 private owners flew with the majority setting off on cross […] Read More...
Wednesday 11th. A southeasterly travelling, weak cold front brought a lot of cloud and a few drops of rain during the day, but didn't prevent 23 ATs being flown off runway 20 into a light to moderate S'ly wind. The cloud base didn't restrict flying but its cover and thickness did adversely affect any chance […] Read More...
Monday 9th. After 3 days of little activity, Monday's forecast promised a much better day and so it turned out. A moderate WSW/W'ly blew all day with Cumulus appearing relatively early, the forecast encouraging 9 private owners to rig and fly, with some notable cross countries flown. Some overdevelopment occured with some recycling of good […] Read More...
Friday 6th. The depression that was waiting in the wings on Thursday made its presence felt, as low cloud and heavy, slow moving showers prevented any flying. Saturday 7th. The depression was still close at hand so no flying was possible due to low cloud and continuing heavy, slow moving showers. Sunday 8th. A moderate […] Read More...
Tuesday 3rd. A light to moderate SW'ly heralded in a good days soaring with 11 private owner and 39 club glider flights generating 24 flights in excess of 30 minutes with 17 in excess of an hour. The latter list spanned exactly an hour by Malcolm Smith flying K21 KLW solo to the 7:40 of […] Read More...
Saturday 31st. Another day of low cloud and rain meant there was no flying. Sunday 1st. A moderate NNE'ly resulted in 13 ATs off runway 10, but a lack of any significant soaring opportunities led to only 4 flights getting to 30 minutes or more. John Marsh and Tony Drury led the way with 34 […] Read More...
Thursday 29th. A moderate/moderate to fresh W'ly meant it was a winching day, with 27 flown off runway 24, including 5 by private owners. The majority of flights took advantage of hill lift with a few utilising some weak wave, with 23 of the day's 27 flights exceeding 30 minutes and 9 exceeding an hour. […] Read More...
