Sunday 29th. The N'ly flow continued, but slowly declined in strength from moderate to light, and at the same time, the extensive cloud broke up to give some mid to late afternoon thermal soaring. No private owners launched and the 15 ATs off runways 02 or 06 were all in one of the 3 club […] Read More...
Friday 27th. A moderate to moderate to fresh WNW'ly blew all day, so it was winching off runway 24, with hill, thermal and wave lift to hand, although the latter needed patient searching. The day saw 19 ATs with 4 private owner launches, all by YGC members as some of visitors from Stratford GC set […] Read More...
Thursday 26th. Low cloud and light rain/drizzle as a weak front made progress SEwards delayed the start of flying until the early afternoon, but the moderate to fresh W'ly that followed the front, meant a winching afternoon with hill and thermal soaring opportunities. These were grasped by members, visitors and private owners alike with the […] Read More...
Tuesday 24th. An initially light to moderate WNW'ly led to some lively ATs from runway 24, while heavy showers led to some disruption of the day's flying as well as some good thermal climbs. Later, the wind backed into the W giving the Tuesday evening group the opportunity to winch off the same runway and […] Read More...
Monday 23rd. A light to moderate W'ly blew all day, not strong enough to warrant winching but providing a variety of lift. 9 private owners launched off runway 24, all but one being the visitors from the Stratford GC, with the exception being Rob Bailey in his ASG29t whose 3:34 flight was the longest of […] Read More...
Wednesday 18th. A moderate SSW that slowly backed into the SSE brought a day of thermal activity, some wave and a couple of land outs. I don't have the full picture for the day as the OGN website from which I get much of my information has been hacked and is off line, this set […] Read More...
Monday 16th. A light to moderate SSE'ly blew all day as the low overcast produced periods of light rain that meant it was a non-flying day. Tuesday 17th. The SSE'ly wind had increased to moderate, so operations were off runway 20, with 35 ATs flown. The overcast skies meant it was generally a day for […] Read More...
Friday 13th . The WSW'ly wind had freshened compared to Thursday, becoming fresh at times, so it was a winching day at site, with only 2 seater flying off runway 24. After 2 flights in the morning, the increasing wind strength caused a break in proceedings, flying recommencing around 1400 hrs with a further 6 […] Read More...
Wednesday 11th. A moderate SW'ly that slowly veered into the W meant a day of winching and hill soaring although this proved to be patchy. The day's 12 launches off runway 24 led to 6 flights of 30 minutes or more, two of these being over an hour. Martyn Johnson in his DG600 was the […] Read More...
Tuesday 10th. A moderate to fresh and at times a fresh WSW'ly blew all day, providing hill lift for all, thermal lift for most and wave for some. The daytime operations were augmented by the Tuesday evening group's flying, with the result that 36 winch launches were flown off runway 24, with 26 of them […] Read More...
