Monday 26th. A moderate to fresh, and at time fresh W'ly blew all day, providing good soaring opportunities in hill and wave lift for the 12 ATs flown, so much so that all the day's flights were of 30 or more minutes duration, with 5 of the flights lasting over an hour. Two of the […] Read More...
Wednesday 21st. The moderate to fresh SW'ly continued to blow and with scattered cloud not affecting flying, operations got underway from runway 20 around 1100 hrs with the day's AT total being 6. Half of these were flights by the DG500 and Astir DSU, neither of which were transmitting Flarm signals so I have no […] Read More...
Tuesday 20th. A moderate to fresh SW'ly blew all day, with scattered clouds providing a good day's soaring in wave augmented hill lift. The start of flying was delayed by misting canopies but got under way just before 1100 hrs when Clive Swain and instructor Graeme Cooksey, visiting from Pocklington, had a 16 minute familiarisation […] Read More...
Saturday 17th. A moderate to fresh WSW/SW'ly blew all day, accompanied by a low overcast that prevented any flying, the temperature struggling to a maximum of 3.2C. Sunday 18th. A forecast of snow and freezing rain as an Atlantic depression approached led to an early decision to scrub operations. The snow/freezing rain arrived in […] Read More...
Monday 12th to Thursday 15th. Foggy, murky conditions with low cloud shrouding the site meant no flying on Monday and Tuesday as light winds from between SE and NNE blew. Wednesday and Thursday were clear and sunny with wintry showers visible towards the coast, but the moderate NW'ly ruled out any chance of flying. Friday […] Read More...
Saturday10th. A murky day, with the site in cloud meant there was no flying, as a light WSW'ly slowly veered into the NE, the temperature never rising above 1C. Sunday 11th. Another very cold day with the temperature struggling to get above freezing. Early mist cleared in the Vale of York but returned later, while […] Read More...
Friday 9th. A light to moderate W'ly blew all day under sunny skies and as a result, 19 ATs were flown off runway 24 behind the Eurofox. However, no significant lift was found and only 2 flights extended to or beyond 20 minutes, 21 minutes being the duration of Jesper Mjels' flight with one of […] Read More...
Tuesday 6th. The wind had backed into the NNW and lessened in strength to light to moderate as the Maritime Arctic air mass became established, dropping the maximum day time temperature to around 4.7C. Low cloud and frequent rain showers again prevented any flying. Wednesday 7th. A light to moderate WNW'ly wind blew on a […] Read More...
Sunday 4th. A light to moderate ENE'ly blew in a low overcast with frequent showers so there was no flying. Monday 5th. The light to moderate wind had backed slightly into the NE and some breaks in the relatively low cloud cover led to sunny intervals, albeit with some showers, the combination of low cloud […] Read More...
Saturday 26th. A light to moderate S/SSE'ly gradually increased in strength to become fresh so operations were off runway 20 under overcast skies. Seven ATs were flown before flying came to an end just after 1300 hours, with 1 First flight and visitors providing the majority of P2s. Paul Whitehead and visitor Edward Smith in […] Read More...
