Friday 8th. The anticyclone started to slowly decline, but conditions remained hot and hazy with a low inversion and no cloud, as a light, mainly SE'ly blew. 27 ATs off runway resulted, including 6 First Flight pupils in the early evening to add to the 7 flown during the day as attempts were made to […] Read More...
Thursday 7th. Another hazy, hot anticyclonic day with variable winds that led to operations off runway 20, with later landings on runway 02 and then 06. The day's 14 ATs included 6 for First Flight pupils and 2 solo flights, one in the Discus by Laurie Clarke and one in K21 KLW by Katherine Balkwill, […] Read More...
Wednesday 6th. A low overcast that had moved in off the North Sea overnight, burnt off by 1100 hrs, leaving a hazy, hot day with light winds, mainly from the SSE. The anticlyclone's low inversion at around 1,500' asl ruled out any significant soaring opportunities, with the day's 17 ATs off runway 20 not yielding […] Read More...
Tuesday 5th. The persistent anticyclone again produced blue skies and hot conditions as a light to moderate N'ly slowly veered into the ENE. A low inversion meant there were no thermal based soaring opportunities, so the majority of the day's 25 ATs, including 5 for First Flight pupils, were extended circuits with durations of 15-20 […] Read More...
Sunday 3rd. With the anticyclone still in place and temperatures at RAF Leeming reaching the mid 20's, a light to moderate WSW'ly blew under predominately blue skies that nevertheless provided moderate thermal based soaring conditions to around 4-4,400' asl and wave to around 7,600' asl for Bob Calvert in his Discus 2ct. Bob initially flew […] Read More...
Friday 1st. A light to moderate NNE/ENE'ly brought in low cloud and light rain and drizzle, the latter lasting until early afternoon. Consequently, there was no flying. Tuesday 2nd. An anticyclone centred to the E of the UK brought sunny intervals and a light to moderate S'ly wind and increasing temperatures, with 29 ATs flown […] Read More...
Your reporter was away for most of the above period and was not able to collect the usual amount of data/information on flying/soaring at Sutton. Therefore the following report will be a more general summary with a few highlights gleaned from the BGA Ladder/OLC and personal emails. Monday 14th. A day of low cloud and […] Read More...
Sunday 13th. A generally cloudy day as a moderate SSW/SW'ly blew, the day's 30 ATs off runway 20 yielding 12 flights of 30 minutes or more, but with only one of more than an hour. Weak hill and thermal lift were used by a number of pilots with Bob's 3:06 in his Discus 2ct being […] Read More...
