Monday 4th. For various reasons I have not had access to daily log sheets this week so the following reports will be less comprehensive than usual. A light SSE'ly blew so operations were off runway 20. The visitors who flew in on Saturday set off on the next stage of their round Britain journey with […] Read More...
Sunday 3rd. A day of no flying as a flabby low slowly tracked N across the UK bringing heavy early morning rain and low cloud to North Yorkshire and continuing low cloud and patchy light rain/drizzle as a light to moderate N'ly blew. Read More...
Saturday 2nd. The high pressure had started to decline, with thin high cover progressively invading from the SW and Cumulus continuing to form underneath. Cloud base rose from around 3,200' asl to around 4,000' asl away from the site but remained around 3,200' asl locally, with moderate peak average climb rates locally but higher elsewhere […] Read More...
Wednesday 29th. A moderate E'ly blew under clear blue skies, the strong inversion making any thermal activity weak and height limited. Flying was limited to 4 ATs in K21 JVZ and 2 XC Falke flights off runway 06, with the only glider flight over 30 minutes being the 31 minutes flown by Andreas Rieder with […] Read More...
Monday 27th. A sunny start to the day as a moderate NNE'ly blew soon produced some good looking Cumulus before the day clouded over and the wind backed into the N, the cloud dissipating by late afternoon. The early conditions provided all the day's soaring flights, with all 7 flights over 30 minutes taking place […] Read More...
