Sunday 30th. Storm Malik was followed by a transient ridge of high pressure that initially produced light SE'lys at site, the wind then veering into the SSW and slowly increasing to moderate as the next named winter storm, Corrie, approached. 19 ATs were flown off runway 20 behind the Eurofox, the strengthening wind favouring the […] Read More...
Friday 28th. A moderate S/SSW'ly blew all day bringing in a low overcast that prevented any flying. Saturday 29th. Storm Malik brought fresh to strong WNW'ly winds with gusts into the high 40 kts. There wasn't any deliberate flying but a number of trailers went walkabout and a tree on the approach road blew down […] Read More...
Wednesday 26th. The initially light W'ly slowly increased in strength while becoming WSW'ly, so AT operations were off runway 24 beneath generally cloudy skies. However, gaps in the cloud cover indicated the presence of wave and of the 7 flights on the day, neglecting the 2 for First Flight pupils, 5 contacted, recording maximum altitudes […] Read More...
Tuesday 25th. The persistent, and latterly cloudy, anticyclone produced a day of anticyclonic gloom, shrouding the site with stratus and preventing any flying, as light wind blew from between WSW and SSW. Read More...
Sunday 23rd. In spite of overcast skies 17 ATs were flown off runways 24 with 6 of the subsequent landings on runway 20. The light to moderate SSW'ly wind provided some lift in the main bowl and 7 of the day's flights exeeded 30 minutes, with Dave Thompson having ust over an hour in the […] Read More...
Saturday 22nd. A mainly light but occasionally moderate WNW'ly blew all day, accompanied by increasing amounts of cloud that indicated there was wave about, but this proved difficult to contact. Operations were off runway 24, with the majority of the day's 25 launches landing back there, the 3 exceptions being on runway 20. YGC's K21 […] Read More...
Friday 21st. Another blue, sunny day at Sutton with a light to moderate WNW'ly wind. Initial operations were off runway 24 with the option to move to runway 02 if long ground runs behind the turbo Eurofox resulted, but the Eurofox coped with the heavier 2 seaters and runway 24 was the take off runway […] Read More...
Sunday 16th. After a foggy start the day was sunny with a light and variable wind that eventually settled to become a light W'ly. The day's 16 ATs and 4 Falke flights were all circuits, some extended, with none of the glider flights getting above launch height. Typically for a quiet, lift free day, flight […] Read More...
Friday 14th. Blue, sunny skies again prevailed as a light S'ly blew, operations of runway 20 commencing around 1030 hrs. Although the majority of landings were on 20, the light winds led to pilots landing on 24, 02 and 06, the last a hangar flight at the end of the day. 25 launches were the […] Read More...
Wednesday 12th. A light, mainly SSW'ly blew, but around lunch time take offs from runway 24 became turbulent, so a halt was called to proceedings this lasting around an hour before launches restarted. In all 19 launches were flown, mainly in the club 2 seaters as the visiting Cambridge GC pilots and YGC club members […] Read More...
