Wednesday 27th. Developing storm Conell passed across the south of the UK with the result that the weather at site was initially sunny but soon clouded in with rain in the afternoon, the wind being a light to moderate NNW'ly. The low cloud and rain meant there was no flying. Thursday 28th. A transient ridge […] Read More...
Tuesday 26th. With Storm Bert now well out of the way, a sunny day with a light to moderate SW'ly that slowly veered into the W resulted in 13 AT's off runway 24, the majority of landings being on 20, while the Falke had 2 flights. Hill lift and some weak wave were used […] Read More...
Sunday 24th. Storm Bert was still exerting its influence on the UK's weather, with locally, another wet morning that left the airfield unfit for flying, although the wind had become a moderate WSW'ly and the afternoon cleared to sunny intervals. Monday 25th. The mild and moderate WSW'ly continued to blow, bringing in a number of […] Read More...
Monday 18th. A sunny start was followed by increasing cloudiness as a light/variable, mainly NNE'ly blew, the day's flying being restricted to 4 ATs in K21 JVZ, all circuits, mainly off 1100' tows with 3 of these by Simon Altman/Yuri Kozhevrov and a self launch by Les Rayment in his DG808. This activity was complemented […] Read More...
Sunday 17th. The NW'ly flow continued but had weakened to light and flying commenced just after 1000am off runway 24. Flying came to a halt in the early afternoon due to low cloud and light rain/drizzle after 12 ATs, with some weak lift in front of Hood Hill enabling a couple of flights to exceed […] Read More...
Friday 15th. Low cloud brought in on a moderate WSW'ly meant there was no flying. Saturday 16th. The passage of a weak cold front during the morning, left the site in an increasingly cold, light to moderate, NW'ly flow, the start of flying being delayed until around midday as the skies slowly cleared. Thereafter, 11 […] Read More...
Monday 11th. The forecast clearance duly happened, with blue, if somewhat milky skies accompanied by a light to moderate N'ly wind. 20 ATs were flown off runway 02, comprising 17 in K21 KLW, 2 in the DG500 and 1 in the DG1000. Some weak thermal lift in the afternoon allowed one of the JVZ flights […] Read More...
Wednesday 6th. The persistent low cloud broke up to give a period of sunny intervals before reforming, the sunny period being long enough to allow 3 ATs off runway 20 into the light SSE'ly wind. All three launches were in K21 JVZ, 2 for First Flight pupils and one for member Neil Amos, with flight […] Read More...
Monday 4th. The anticyclonic gloom continued, with the wind becoming light to calm, but the overcast had risen sufficiently to allow flying, although AT release heights were limited to between 1,200' to 1,700' QFE. All the day's flying in K21 JVZ was for 3 First Flight pupils, with each of them given 2 flights due […] Read More...
Saturday 2nd. The breaks in the low overcast were no longer present, so it was a day of anticyclonic gloom and no flying, as a light to moderate SSE'ly slowly declined to light. Sunday 3rd. The low overcast persisted, as did the light SSE'ly, so there was no flying. Read More...
