Monday 28th. There was no flying as a slow moving occluded front kept the site in low cloud and rain on and off all day as a moderate SSE'ly blew, this veering into the W and declining to light as a closely following cold front cleared the site as evening came. Read More...
Thursday 24th. A moderate to fresh W'ly brought in a number of wintry showers, the gusty nature of the wind adding to the decision to scrub the day's flying. Friday 25th. An initially light to moderate WNW'ly veered NW'ly and increased to moderate, before backing into the W and declining to light to moderate late […] Read More...
Tuesday 22nd. Another cold front brought rain in the morning, clearing to sunny intervals in the afternoon as a gusty moderate to fresh W'ly blew, the wind speed and gustiness being judged too high to permit any flying. Wednesday 23rd. The persistent collection of low pressure centres to the NW of the UK sent another […] Read More...
Friday 18th. Following hard on the heels of Storm Dudley, Storm Eunice brought around 14 mm of rain overnight and into the afternoon and eventually strong W'ly winds to site, the initial light to moderate SW'ly increasing to fresh with 45 kt gusts. Consequently, there was no flying. Saturday 19th. An initial moderate SW'ly rapidly […] Read More...
Wednesday 16th. Storm Dudley's winds were evident from the word go, increasing from moderate to fresh to fresh to strong over the course of the day, and veering from WSW into the W. It's associated fronts meant it rained from 1100 hrs to 1700 hrs, just adding to the unflyable nature of the day. Thursday […] Read More...
Tuesday 15th. A southwards travelling cold front cleared the site mid-morning, the brightening skies allowing launching to commence around 1130 hrs, Mark German taking the first winch launch off runway 24 in his ASW27 into a initially moderate SSW'ly. This quickly veered into the W and increased to moderate to fresh, before declining to moderate […] Read More...
Saturday 12th. A fresh and gusty S'ly slowly moderated to become moderate to fresh but the accompanying and persistent low cloud was another reason for there being no flying. Sunday 13th. A moderate and at times moderate to fresh SSE'ly blew all day, bringing in low cloud that brought rain from 0800 hrs for […] Read More...
Tuesday 8th. A mild, moderate to fresh WSW'ly brought in a low overcast with occasional showery rain, so there was no flying. Wednesday 9th. A cold front traveled southwards overnight, leaving a day of sunny intervals and a moderate to fresh W'ly that provided good soaring conditions via a mix of hill lift and thermal […] Read More...
Thursday 3rd. A moist and cloudy light to moderate SW'ly brought low cloud and bits and pieces of light rain and drizzle, restricting the flying to 3 ATs off runway 24, with 20 sometimes used for landings. The 3 ATs were primarily for Tug pilot training so all were to 1000' QFE, with Clive Swain/Stuart […] Read More...
Wednesday 2nd. A light to moderate W'ly opened the day, veering into the WSW mid-afternoon and declining in strength. It was judged that ATing would be the preferred launching option and Chris Collingham and Laurie Clarke took the 1st launch behind the Pawnee, towing to 3,000' QFE with the resultant slow descent getting them back […] Read More...
