Sunday 19th, An early morning overcast soon broke up to give a reasonable thermal soaring day, the 19 ATs and 1 self launch off runway 02 giving rise to 10 flights of over 30 minutes with 6 of these over an hour, the wind being a moderate NNW'ly that slowly veered into the NNE, bringing […] Read More...
Saturday 18th. The moderate N'ly continued to blow around the high pressure system centred to the W of the UK, bringing in an overcast that was more defined and higher than on Friday and which started to break up late afternoon. However, the only flying was a single Falke flight, the pilots electing to do […] Read More...
Friday 17th. A moderate NNW'ly slowly veered into the NNE, bringing in a persistent low overcast from the North Sea that didn't start to break up until the late afternoon/early evening, consequently, there was no flying. Read More...
Thursday 16th. The wind had become Light & Variable, and early morning cloud dissipated to leave blue skies with scattered cloud over the N Yorks Moors and blue elsewhere. 29 ATs and 3 Falke flights left runway 20, including 10 by private owners and 3 for First Flight pupils, a mixture of convective and weak […] Read More...
Tuesday 14th. The wind had become a moderate NE/ENE'ly with morning low level lenticulars initially visible until they disappeared later in the day, apart from some wisps, as the air dried out on another sunny day as the following photos from John Carter show. A number of flights contacted the wave, mainly to […] Read More...
Monday 13th. The wind had become a moderate N'ly, reducing the maximum temperature to 22.7c locally, although the skies remained blue and the day sunny. The day's 9 ATs were off runway 02 with 02/06 used for landing, and blue wave around 8 km north of the site provided some soaring for some, with 5 […] Read More...
Saturday 11th. A shift in the position of the high pressure led to the wind becoming a light to moderate E'ly and the temperature dropping to a more comfortable 26,6C. The onset of a wind off the N Sea meant a marked reduction in useable thermal activity, with the result that the day's 24 ATs […] Read More...
Friday 10th, Another hot and sunny day, with the local temperature edging up to 32.3C as an initially light and variable wind strengthened to become moderate as it settled into the E. The day's 9ATs, 1 self launch and 3 Falke flights were mainly off runway 20 but late returners and take offs used runway […] Read More...
Thursday 9th. A sunny and hot day, with the maximum temperature locally reaching 31.4C, brought blue thermals and a number of climbs to 5,000' asl and more, as a light to moderate, and at times variable WSW'ly blew. The day's 17 ATs and a self launch produced 13 flights in excess of 30 minutes with […] Read More...
Wednesday 8th. A sunny, hot day with a maximum of 30.7C locally, produced good soaring conditions after a slow start, cloud base rising to around 6,000' asl and average peak climb rates up to 5 kts, although the day eventually went blue . Accordingly, only 6 of the day's 29 ATs and 1 self launch […] Read More...
