Sunday 28th. The light to moderate NNE'ly wind brought in a medium level overcast from the North Sea, which prevented any significant thermal activity, so there were no flights of over 30 minutes from the 19 ATs flown off runway 02, with some landings on runway 06. Some weak thermal activity mid-afternoon was utilised by […] Read More...
Thursday 25th. A sunny start lasted until late morning with Cumulus forming and then spreading out so that most of those attempting cross-countries returned to site by 1400 hrs. Operations were off runway 20 as a light to moderate SSE'ly blew with the day's launch total being 19, of which 13 were >30 minutes and […] Read More...
Tuesday 23rd. A light W'ly slowly increased to light to moderate with early blue skies becoming filled with Cumulus and also areas of medium level overcast that hindered convection. A very busy flying day saw operations commence off runway 24 at just after 1000 hrs and continue until 2109 hrs as the Tuesday evening group […] Read More...
Sunday 21st. A light ESE'ly slowly backed into the NNE and strengthened slightly, the initially cloudless sky producing some Cumulus during late morning to early afternoon before going blue. 38 ATs were flown off runway 20 with later, some landings on runways 02 and 06. the day producing 26 flights of 30 minutes or more […] Read More...
Saturday 20th. A light to moderate SSE'ly blew all day, with areas of Cumulus coming and going, providing something of a challenge to those attempting cross country tasks. Flying commenced off runway 20 around 10:20 hrs and ended around 17:20 hrs with 41 ATs flown. All the club 2 seaters, 3 of the 4 club […] Read More...
Thursday 18th. A light to moderate SSE'ly veered into the W around midday, with cloud amounts varying between overcast and broken, the day's 12 ATs being flown initially off runway 20 before switching to runway 24. The only flight of over 30 minutes was by visitor Malc Guard in his Ka6 who had 1:50, initially […] Read More...
Sunday 14th. After a murky start, the low cloud quickly disappeared, allowing flying to get going off runway 24 into a light to moderate W'ly, 23 ATs being the day's total. Seven private owners kept the launch point busy in the early afternoon, providing 7 of the day's 8 flights to exceed an hour, the […] Read More...
Friday 12th. A low overcast and drizzle/light rain at times brought in off the North Sea by a moderate N/NNE'ly wind kept the gliders in the hangars. Saturday 13th. The low overcast persisted overnight and into the morning, with Paul Whitehead in the Falke, taking First Flight pupils for a fly around, reporting cloud base […] Read More...
Tuesday 9th. A light to moderate W'ly blew all day, declining to become light from mid afternoon. A sunny start led to early Cumulus development and skies became overcast later in the day, but forecast heavy showers did not materialise locally during the flying day. 5 private owners flew, contributing to the day's 15 ATs […] Read More...
Monday 8th. A series of Atlantic fronts slowly crossing the UK meant it was a day of a low overcast with a moderate SSE'ly at site, rain falling from 0900-1500 hrs to ensure there was no flying. Read More...
