Thursday 30th. A moderate WSW'ly that backed into the W provided good soaring conditions for a while via hill and wave lift, although contact with the latter required persistence and ICE assistance, while afternoon showers affected flying leading to a launch total of 8, one of which was by AT, the rest by winch. Clive […] Read More...
Tuesday 28th. A day of low cloud and rain as a moderate SSE'ly blew, meant there was no flying. Wednesday 29th. The moderate SSE'ly flow continued to bring in a low overcast with light rain/drizzle from early afternoon, so there was no flying. Read More...
Sunday 26th. A light to moderate NNE'ly that slowly backed into the N and a high overcast restricted soaring to a few weak thermals with the best climbs to around 3,700' asl and limited flight times. Monday 27th. A transient ridge of high pressure resulted in a light wind day, high cloud bases, strong thermals […] Read More...
Saturday 25th. A moderate to fresh WNW'ly opened the day, accompanied by sunny intervals and a few isolated showers, so operations were off runway 24 behind Eurofox HETY. Lift was hard to come by with only 2 flights of over 30 minutes, Chris Collingham/visitor Nick English having 38 minutes in K21 JVZ and Kelly Teagle […] Read More...
Thursday 23rd. There was no flying as low cloud and light rain in the morning gave way to sunny intervals and showers in the afternoon as the moderate to fresh SW'ly wind backed into the south and became moderate. Friday 24th. A day of occasional showers and sunny intervals with a moderate/moderate to fresh SW'ly […] Read More...
Tuesday 21sr. A moderate/moderate to fresh SW'ly blew all day, morning rain delaying the start of flying until midday, with 8 ATs off runway 24 thereafter. A combination of hill lift, thermal and some weak wave provided soaring opportunities, with 5 flights exceeding 30 minutes and 1 of these an hour. Bob Calvert in his […] Read More...
Sunday 19th. A light to moderate W'ly blew all day as initially blue skies became dotted and then covered in Cumulus/Stratocumulus. The conditions led to 29 ATs off runway 24, with 3 private owners rigging, a couple of cross countries flown and 9 flights of over 30 minutes, with 2 of these over an hour. […] Read More...
Friday 17th. A light/light to moderate S/SSW'ly blew all day, accompanied by generally cloudy skies and a low to medium level cloud base. Flying was limited to 2 Falke flights in the morning as showery rain arrived in the afternoon. Saturday 18th. A moist and unstable light to moderate SSE'ly enveloped the site in cloud […] Read More...
Tuesday 14th. After overnight rain a bright start to the day was soon replaced by increasingly cloudy skies and rain/sleet showers as a moderate to moderate to fresh W'ly blew so there was no flying. Wednesday 15th. A light to moderate/moderate SSE'ly soon veered into the SSW as a bright morning slowly clouded over, with […] Read More...
Sunday 12th. A steadily increasing SW'ly that slowly backed into the SSW was accompanied by overcast skies, this obstacle to flying being assisted by a wet airfield to there was no flying. However, that did allow Tom Dale and Toby Wilson to carry out some maintenance work on the aerator prior to its use on […] Read More...
