Tuesday 29th. A light to moderate NW'ly blew all day, a bright start to the day not lasting very long as cloud cover increased in response to a weak front making slow progress eastwards. Consequently, soaring opportunities were limited with only 3 flights of over 30 minutes, including 1 over an hour. Astir pilots Tomer […] Read More...
Monday 28th. A generally cloudy day, with occasional sunny intervals, brought in on a moderate NW'ly wind that slowly backed into the WNW. In spite of the cloudy conditions, there was enough thermal activity to tempt a couple of private owners to go XC, while locally, there was one flight of over an hour and […] Read More...
Sunday 27th. A mainly cloudy day with some thermal activity as a light to moderate WNW/W'ly blew, generated 12 flights of 30 minutes or more, of which 3 exceeded an hour. All but one of these soaring flights stayed local with peak altitudes around 3,500' to 4100' asl and the best average peak climb rates […] Read More...
Saturday 26th. A light to moderate WNW'ly blew all day, a cloudy start to the day brightening up to provide hazy sunny intervals and limited soaring conditions that meant only 3 of the day's 20 ATs off runway 24 exceeded 30 minutes and none an hour. No private owners flew and all but one launch […] Read More...
Thursday 24th. A day of sunny intervals, as the moderate NNE'ly slowly backed into the WNW and declined to light, provided some weak thermal conditions that resulted in 4 flights of over 30 minutes with none over an hour, the club two seaters being busy with 9 First Flight pupils. The day's longest flight saw […] Read More...
Wednesday 23rd. A light to moderate N/NNW'ly blew all day, accompanied by cloudy skies and occasional showers. Flying was restricted to a single flight in K21 KLW where David Sculfor took a 1100' tow and subsequent circuit with Andreas Rieder before swapping aircraft and instructor and doing numerous touch and go circuits with James Shaw […] Read More...
Tuesday 22nd. A cloudy day with light showers and a light to moderate WNW'ly had a delayed start to flying, with 4 ATs in the early afternoon and then 6 in the evening as the Tuesday evening group took over, all flights off runway 20. Some weak thermals in the early afternoon and the start […] Read More...
Sunday 20th. A flabby low pressure covered the UK bringing low cloud, murk and 13 mm rain from 1400 to 2100 hrs on a light to moderate ESE'ly so there was no flying. Monday 21st. The day's forecast heavy showers and thunderstorms did not materialise until early evening, so by then, 14 ATs and 2 […] Read More...
Saturday 19th. Saturday saw no flying for, after a dry but cloudy start to the day, an area of thundery rain tracked N'wards across the UK, with 38.3 mm of rain recorded locally from 1100 hrs to 1800 hrs. Read More...
Friday 18th. A light to moderate S'ly slowly veered into the WSW, the skies being generally cloudy with spells of sunny intervals. Some limited thermal soaring was possible, with two visiting private owners having the day's 2 flights of over an hour, with 2 other flights having between 30 & 60 minutes off the 13 […] Read More...
