Friday 20th. A thoroughly wet day with persistent low cloud brought in on a fresh E'ly that slowly backed into the NE. Consequently, there was no flying. Interestingly, Leeming recorded 4 mm of rain overnight and only 1 mm during the day while Leeds Bradford airport recorded 26 mm and 36 mm over the same […] Read More...
Wednesday 18th. A moderate E'ly blew all day, accompanied by low cloud as Storm Babet slowly approached from the south, an afternoon clearance coming too late for any flying. Thursday 19th. Storm Babet crossed the site during the night, depositing 13 mm of rain, with the E'ly wind increasing to fresh, but then declining to […] Read More...
Sunday 15th. The NW'ly wind had become light to moderate, allowing flying to take place off runway 24, with the Arctic airmass generating some thermal activity and Cumulus from late morning to mid afternoon. This soaring period enabled 10 of the day's 25 ATs to generate 10 flights of over 30 minutes with 5 of […] Read More...
Thursday 12th. Clear and sunny skies and a light to moderate S'ly wind restricted soaring opportunities to a brief period in the early afternoon, when a few Cumulus appeared over the moors. Visitors Malcolm Guard in his Ka6cr and Pat Fowler in his Astir CS made the most of the conditions, with Malcolm having 1:55 […] Read More...
Monday 9th. A medium level overcast eventually broke up to sunny intervals around 1600 hrs, the moderate W'ly falling light as the day progressed. Early on, weak hill lift was available in the main bowl and there was even some weak thermal, these helping visitor Malcolm Guard to soar for 1:11 in his Ka6cr. The […] Read More...
Friday 6th. Periods of rain and low cloud at times limited flying to 2 winch launches off runway 24, as a moderate to moderate to fresh WSW'ly blew. Graham Cooksey/Tor Taverner took the first launch in K21 KLW and soared the main bowl at 500-700' QFE for 25 minutes. They were followed by visitor B […] Read More...
Tuesday 3rd. An overnight front cleared the site just in time for flying to get underway around 1015 hrs as a moderate WSW'ly slowly veered into the W, providing good hill soaring conditions, with some thermal and, later in the day, wave. A launch total of 30, comprising 22 via the winch and 8 ATs, […] Read More...
Sunday 1st. A light to moderate/moderate SSW'ly that slowly veered into the WSW provided another wave soaring day, this being utilised by 4 private owners to deliver slow but significant climbs out of the day's 13 launches, although a some of the flights in club gliders also made use of the wave. 3 of the […] Read More...
Saturday 30th. An Atlantic depression brought low cloud and rain to Sutton mid afternoon, but not before 11 ATs had been flown off runway 20, 4 of these for First Flight pupils. The increasing cloud cover and light to moderate SSE'ly wind meant there were no soaring opportunities, so the day's flight times ranged from […] Read More...
