Wednesday 26th A light to moderate WSW'ly slowly backed into the SSW'ly as a front approached from the west, the generally cloudy skies producing rain in the early evening. 19 ATs were flown off runway 24 which was also used for landings, with the convective conditions leading to 11 flights of over 30 minutes and […] Read More...
Monday 24th. A moderate N'ly slowly decreased in strength to become light, the day's operations leading to 18 ATs off runway 02 but only 2 resulted in flight times over 60 minutes with only 1 other flights extending over 25 minutes. The two long flights, 3:49 and 3:17, were by the 2 private owners who […] Read More...
Saturday 22nd. Low cloud and rain on and off all day on a moderate SSE'ly wind meant there was no flying. Sunday 23rd. There was no flying on a thoroughly wet day, as a moderate N'ly blew in a low overcast, with the overnight plus daily rainfall total at RAF Leeming reaching around 42 mm. Read More...
Thursday 20th. A light to moderate W'ly blew for most of the day bringing sunny intervals and good convection until rain arrived late afternoon but then cleared, allowing flying to continue to just after 1800 hrs, by which time 40 ATs had been flown off runway 24, with all but one landing on 20. 24 […] Read More...
Tuesday 18th. An Atlantic depression and its associated fronts brought low cloud and patchy rain to site that lasted all day, so there was no flying. Wednesday 19th. A light to moderate NNE'ly blew so operations were off runway 02,, but with cloudy skies prevailing convection was somewhat limited, with only 2 of the day's […] Read More...
Monday 17th. A moderate W'ly blew all day, providing lift via hill, thermal and for some wave, but large areas of midlevel overcast deterred any significant cross country aspirations, although in the sunny areas, streets formed, providing off the clock lift at times and a cloud base of eventually around 5,000' asl from a start […] Read More...
Sunday 16h. A moderate to fresh WSW'ly blew all day with gusts into the low 30 kts, the cloud cover being extensive with occasional brighter intervals. Flying didn't start until late afternoon due to the initial strength and gustiness of the wind, the day's 5 winch launches giving an average flight time of 1:12. Bob […] Read More...
Saturday 15th. An unseasonably deep depression centred over the north of Scotland, brought moderate to fresh S'ly winds to site, overcast skies and rain which lasted on and off all day, so there was no flying. There was. however, a social BBQ in the evening, the cooks being dryly ensconced in the vehicle hangar, providing […] Read More...
Friday 14th. Early brightness under cloudy skies soon gave way to rain from noon, limiting flying to 4 ATs off runway 20, as the moderate SSE slowly backed into the ESE. The increasingly low cloudbase limited tow heights, so flight times were low, in the range 5 to 16 minutes, although member Iain Weatherston elected […] Read More...
Thursday 13th. A moderate W/WSW'ly blew all day and with Cumulus filled skies, sometimes forming patches of spreadout, as well as hill and wave lift, it was a busy soaring day at Sutton. 29 winch and 11 ATs were flown off runway 24, with 6 of the latter for First Flight pupils and the soarability […] Read More...
