Sunday 26th. The high pressure situated over the UK had moved slightly, so the light to moderate, cold wind was now from the NE, bringing in low cloud and light showers at times. These conditions contributed to a launch total of 1 AT, although a lack of members may have also contributed. The single day's […] Read More...
Thursday 23rd. A light to moderate NNW'ly blew for most of the day, only backing into the W later. Cu blossomed mid morning and provided sufficient lift from around the middle of day to early afternoon to allow some soaring flights, including the first thermal cross country of the year. This was by Rob Bailey […] Read More...
Tuesday 21st. A light to moderate SW/SSW'ly blew all day with overcast skies, the low base initially delaying the start of flying until around midday. Thereafter, the base eventually rose to around 2,000' asl, although a brief clearance made an appearance around mid afternoon. 15 launches off runway 24 with landings on 20 were split […] Read More...
Sunday 19th. A moderate and at times moderate to fresh WSW'ly blew all day, as initially sunny skies clouded over from mid afternoon. 14 ATs were flown off runway 24 with all 3 two seaters, Astir DPO and the Discus flown. The initial 5 flights were straight descents from release height, but then Arthur Docherty […] Read More...
Thursday 16th. An shallow low and its attendant fronts brought a day of low cloud and bits and pieces of rain so there was no flying. Friday 17th. The first named storm of the winter, Otto, brought strong winds and some overnight rain as it tracked eastwards just to the N of Scotland. Leeming recording […] Read More...
Wednesday 15th. A weakening cold front crossed the site during the afternoon, brightening skies arriving later as a light to moderate SSE'ly veered into the WSW. Flying commenced around 1115 hrs off runway 20, but was hampered by lowering cloud and ceased after 6 launches, all in K21 JVZ. Member C Stadward had 2 flights […] Read More...
Monday 13th. A low overcast persisted all day as a light to moderate SSW'ly slowly backed into the SSE. The 1,700' asl cloud base restricted launches to around 800' QFE, with Guy Hartland/Steve Morgan in K21 JVZ having both of the day's 2 ATs with an average flight time of 5 minutes. Tuesday 14th. A […] Read More...
Sunday 12th. A medium level overcast did not prevent flying, this commencing around 1030 hrs off runway 24 as Dave McKinney/Stewart Wallace took the DG500 for an 18 minute flight, before landing back on runway 20 as a light to moderate SSW'ly blew after having demonstrated that the hill was not working. This set the […] Read More...
Saturday 11th. A light to moderate W'ly blew all day under generally sunny skies, with some early year thermals providing opportunities for soaring along with hill lift and some weak wave. 19 ATs were flown, of which 12 led to flights of over 30 minutes, with 5 of these over an hour, the conditions tempting […] Read More...
Friday 10th. A moderate WSW'ly soon veered into the west and strengthened slightly, so it was again a winching day with members continuing to familiarise themselves with the new winching operation. The day's 13 launches off runway 24 yielded 2 flights of 30 minutes and a further 4 between 22 and 28 minutes. These flights […] Read More...
