Archive for August, 2025

Monday 11th August 2025

Monday 11th.  A light and variable but generally SW'ly blew, with 17 ATs and 2 Falke flights from runway 20.  A weak warm front provided plenty of cloud but no rain, the conditions limiting soaring flights to 5, of which 2 were over an hour.  These were both flown by private owners, visitor Gareth Francis […] Read More...

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Sunday 10th August 2025

Sunday 10th.  The WSW'ly continued to blow but had decreased to light to moderate and so while operations continued off runway 24, it was an AT'ing day, with 29 launches, 7 for First Flight pupils.  Initial Cumulus and a reasonable soaring forecast tempted 12 pilots to fly XC, with 3 of them also contacting wave, […] Read More...

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Friday 8th to Saturday 9th August 2025

Friday 8th.  The wind  had backed  into the WSW but remained moderate, providing another day of hill, thermal and wave lift, accessed by winching off runway 2, with 34 undertaken.  The day produced 26 fights of over 30 minutes, including 21 over an hour, as well as 11 wave climbs to over 7,000' asl and […] Read More...

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Wednesday 6th to Thursday 7th August 2025

Wednesday 6th.  A moderate WSW'ly blew all day providing lift in the form of hill, thermal and wave and leading to a busy launch point with 36 winch launches off runway 24 of which 31 led to flights of over 30 minutes with 19 of these over an hour.  Most pilots stayed local using hill […] Read More...

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Friday 1st to Tuesday 5th August 2025.

Friday 1st.  A light to moderate NNW/N'ly that slowly increased to moderate brought a mixed day of ATing and winching off runway 02, with the Falke having 3 flights.  Soaring flights were hard to come by under the cloudy skies, but John Marsh/Sue Ahearn had 41 minutes soaring in weak thermals in K21 KLW, climbing […] Read More...

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Thursday 31st July 2025

Thursday 31st.  The light to moderate WNW'ly slowly increased to moderate during the day, but  a day of sunny intervals led to 5 flights of over 30 minutes including one over an hour from the day's 7 ATs off runway 24, four of which were for First Flight pupils.  The > an hour flight was […] Read More...

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