Friday 30th. Low cloud and drizzle soon cleared to leave of day of hill, thermal and wave soaring opportunities as a moderate W/WSW'ly blew, the day's 34 launches off runway 24 being a mixture of 19 via the winch and 15 via AT. 9 flights contacted the wave, climbing to between 5,500' and 15,000' asl […] Read More...
Saturday 24th. The start of flying was delayed until early afternoon by low cloud, but a weather check in K21 KLW by Bruce Grain/James Horton led to 9 further winch launches off runway 24 resulting in 1 flight of over an hour and 4 of > 30 minutes but < 60 minutes. Bob Calvert in […] Read More...
Friday 23rd. Another good soaring day developed after a slow start, sunny blue skies in the morning sprouting Cumulus by midday as a light S'ly slowly veered into the WSW and freshened slightly as a front approached from the W. The morning's flying off runway 20 saw 9 First Flight pupils flown, followed by Dean […] Read More...
Thursday 22nd. A weak cold front made progress S overnight bringing a little welcome rain in the early hours but more importantly, importing a good airmass for thermal soaring during daylight hours. Consequently, the 31 ATs and 2 self launches off runway 02 resulted in 24 flights of over 30 minutes of which 20 were […] Read More...
Wednesday 21st. Another sunny and blue sky day with a cool, moderate N'ly blowing meant a day of winch launching off runway 02. The launch total of 22 mainly resulted in flight times of < 5 minutes but, as is often the cast at Sutton, there were some opportunities for soaring. Principal among these was […] Read More...
Tuesday 20th. A light NNW'ly slowly veered into the W, the morning being sunny with Cumulus appearing later. From a soaring point of view the day was split into 2, with difficult conditions prior to early afternoon, moderate thermals and a 3,000' asl cloud base and booming conditions thereafter, with average peak thermals of 5 […] Read More...
Monday 19th. The wind had become an light to moderate ESE'ly but the day's 22 ATs were off runway 02 with an occasional landing on 20 or 06. 19 of the day's launches led to flights in excess of 30 minutes, the majority, 16, being over an hour with the longest 6:20. The thermal conditions […] Read More...
Sunday 17th. A low overcast brought in on a moderate N'ly persisted until the early afternoon but this didn't deter Bob Calvert in his Discus 2ct who took an early tow to 1,000' QFE and then contacted the wave by climbing through the cloud to reach 9,000' asl 5 km W of site and then […] Read More...
Friday 16th. With little change in the synoptic situation, it was again a day with moderate NNE'ly winds and an overcast to start the day, this quickly retreating back to the coast. Winch launches were the preferred launch method off runway 02, with 16 flown, but there were 4 ATs for the day's 4 First […] Read More...
Thursday 15th. A moderate N/NNE'ly wind continued to bring in overcast skies which persisted all day so, with a cloud base that precluded ATing, launches off runway 02 were via the winch, with launch heights of around 900' QFE. 9 launches were flown, all in K21 JVZ, starting at just before 1400 hrs with most […] Read More...
