Friday 5th, A further 8.6 mm of rain fell during the early hours of Friday, adding to the 28.9 mm that had fallen since Monday. Consequently, the airfield was waterlogged and un-useable. Saturday 6th. 11.1 mm of early morning rain from storm Kathleen kept the airfield waterlogged and, if that wasn't enough to prevent flying, […] Read More...
Thursday 4th. Wednesday's heavy rain led to a soggy airfield and this plus a low overcast for most of the day ruled out any glider flying except for the Falke which had 3 flights, two with Bruce Grain/John Forrester and one with Paul Whitehead/Guy Hartland. With a light NNW/N'ly blowing Bruce/John's first flight took off […] Read More...
Tuesday 2nd. A murky start to the day delayed the commencement of flying until lunchtime, but thereafter, 35 ATs were flown off runway 20, the first outing of the 2024 Tuesday evening group extending flying until 19:40 hrs. A light SE'ly eventually veered into the W, but lift was hard to come by under generally […] Read More...
Thursday 28th. A deepening low pressure centred in the SW Approaches brought heavy showers and an increasingly strong SE'ly wind so there was no flying. Friday 29th. A light to moderate S'ly blew all day, bringing in some isolated showers in the afternoon with low cloud reducing launch heights in the morning. However, by the […] Read More...
