Monday 17th. An Atlantic low brought low cloud and mainly light rain and drizzle at times during the day, as a light ESE'ly soon veered into the SSE and slowly increased to light to moderate. Flying was confined to a single sortie, with Jamie Quartermaine taking the Falke for a 8 minute flight, taking off […] Read More...
Saturday 15th. A medium level overcast persisted for much of the day, only partially breaking up in the afternoon, as a light to moderate W'ly blew, bringing in a much cooler airmass. There was some lift to be had, with 8 of the day's 28 ATs off runway 24 leading to >30 minute flights, of […] Read More...
Friday 14th. A light to moderate W'ly blew on a day of sunny intervals, Cumulus taking a while to develop over the lower ground. 20 ATs, 1 self launch and a Falke flight off runway 24 resulted, with 3 private owners launching and 4 First Flight pupils flown, soaring flights amounting to 12 over 30 […] Read More...
Thursday 13th. Another sunny and even hotter day with the local temperature reaching 34.6C, the highest of the year so far. It was essentially a blue day but with Cumulus over the higher ground, which is not surprising given that the relative humidity fell to 24% at 1600 hrs with a peak altitude of 7,700' […] Read More...
Wednesday 12th. Another sunny and hot day, the local maximum reaching 30.8C, led to limited soaring opportunities, with only 3 of the day's 16 ATs off runway 20 into a moderate SSE'ly leading to flights of over 30 minutes, with 2 of these over an hour. Clive Swain in his Kestrel 19, the only private […] Read More...
Tuesday 11th. A hot and sunny day, with the temperature reaching 27.0C locally and a moderate SSE'ly blowing, saw 21 ATs, a self launch and a Falke flight off runway 20. Andrew and Elizabeth Bedford besttook the Falke on a morning flight of 127 OLC km, visiting Tontine before travelling to the west of Reeth […] Read More...
Sunday 9th. A sunny start to the day didn't last long, as a weak cold front slowly tracked SE'wards bringing cloudy skies but no rain, the wind remaining moderate from the WSW. Soaring wise, it was a case of the early bird catches the worm, as the first 2 launches contacted wave, Sam Batchelor in […] Read More...
Saturday 8th. A moderate to moderate to fresh SSE'ly steadily veered into the SW on a blue day with thermals topping out around 6,000' asl and average peak climb rates around 4-5 kts. The blue conditions were not attractive to most pilots, with the 22 ATs and 1 self launch only resulting in 3 XC […] Read More...
Friday 7th. A day of high cloudbases and strong thermals was tempered by areas of Stratocumulus that lead to the abandonment of some XC tasks and engine use. Nevertheless, the 28 ATs and 1 self launch off runway 24 into a moderate WSW'ly found plenty of soaring opportunities from thermal and hill lift, with 23 […] Read More...
Thursday 6th. A cloudy day, with a cool and moderate WNW'ly blowing, did not generate any significant lift, with the 8 ATs off runway 24 recording a maximum flight duration of 23 minutes. Indeed, the 3 longest flights of 23, 22 and 20 minutes were all for the day's First Flight pupils and resulted from […] Read More...
