Wednesday 28th. A generally cloudy and cool day, as after early brightness, the cloud thickened and lowered, with rain arriving towards the end of the afternoon. 4 ATs were flown, all in K21 JVZ, the first off runway 24 and the remainder off runway 02, as a light to moderate NNW'ly wind blew. The lack […] Read More...
Tuesday 27th. The day started off with depressing similarities to Monday, the moderate to fresh NW'ly ruling out any flying, with the second day of flights for young aviation enthusiasts sponsored by the Air League cancelled. However, the wind veered to become WNW'ly and 3 flights resulted, all of which climbed in wave, whilst also […] Read More...
Thursday 22nd. Skies gradually clouded over as a cold front make slow progress across the UK, with the first drops of rain arriving mid afternoon and terminating flying, the moderate SSW'ly slowly backing into the S. The scene was set for some pre frontal wave with the increasing cloud causing a few rapid descents as […] Read More...
Tuesday 20th. A light and variable wind slowly became a light to moderate SSW'ly, the day being generally overcast with some weak thermal activity. Flying commenced off runway 24 around 1015hrs and continued until the last flight landed at 1550 hrs, the day's total of 16 ATs including 6 for private owners and 6 for […] Read More...
Friday 16th. The isobars between the high to the west and low to the east had tightened, strengthening the NNW'ly to moderate to fresh and creating very turbulent conditions on runway 02, so there was no flying. Saturday 17th. The NW'ly wind had decreased to moderate, but an exploratory flight in K21 JVZ confirmed the […] Read More...
Tuesday 13th. High pressure extending into the UK from the west meant a day of light winds, initially from the NNE before turning into the S. Isolated Cumulus formed by mid morning,but slowly advancing high cover from the south depressed convective activity by mid/late afternoon. Initial ATs were off runway 02 but changed to 20 […] Read More...
Saturday 10th. A weak, slow moving front with its low cloud and light rain and drizzle at times meant there was no flying. There was, however, a talk on Parachutes by Mack from Pocklington, including a demonstration of opening a parachute, with Amelia Forrester being the demonstrator, as the following photo shows. It should be […] Read More...
Tuesday 6th. After getting two K21s to the launch point in anticipation of flying, the weather closed in with low cloud and rain and the gliders were returned to the hangar. They remained there for most of the day, but brightening conditions led to the Tuesday evening group being able to undertake their last session […] Read More...
Friday 2nd. A light to moderate NE'ly slowly veered into the ESE so that initial operations off runway 06 were replaced by operations of runway 20. The cloud amounts varied throughout the day, with limited periods of soarable conditions that led to only 5 flights of over 30 minutes out of the day's total of […] Read More...
Tuesday 30th. The continuing flow from the NNE brought in overcast skies and although cloud base was high enough to allow flying, the cloud was thick enough to prevent any significant convection and also to produce some light drizzle at times. In spite of this, the day's launch total reached 30, mainly due to the […] Read More...
