Thursday 5th. A light to moderate S'ly slowly veered into the SW, bringing a cloudy day with light rain at times, with flying restricted to 3 flights in a 1 hour period in the early afternoon, one by Malcolm Guard in his Astir CS and the other 2 in K21 JVZ. In spite of 3,000' […] Read More...
Wednesday 4th. The WSW'ly wind had increased in strength to moderate to fresh with 30 kt gusts, so it was again a winching day, with 19 launches off runway 24 that led to 12 flights of over 30 minutes, 11 of these being over an hour, with 7 over 2 hours. In addition to hill […] Read More...
Tuesday 3rd. A moderate and at times moderate to fresh WSW'ly blew all day following the passage of a cold front that crossed the area from 0600-0900 hrs, the following airmass containing a few showers. It was a winching day, with 14 launches off runway 24, flying extending into the evening, the last flight landing […] Read More...
Sunday 1st. A forecast for a bright start quickly followed by heavy, blustery showers led to flying on the day being scrubbed. Monday 2nd. A light to moderate WNW'ly that slowly backed into the WSW, a high cloud base and strong thermals, led to a day of long XC's with 2 x 500's, 2 over […] Read More...
Saturday 31st. A light to moderate S'ly wind veered into the WSW over the course of the day, the partly cloudy skies providing some thermal activity from late morning. 27 ATs and a self launch from runway 20, in addition to 3 flights in the Falke and 2 in Eurofox ETY constituted the day's flying, […] Read More...
