Sunday 30th. A light to light to moderate S'ly blew all day under generally cloudy skies, thunderstorms bringing heavy rain to the area in the evening. Flying didn't get underway until 1200 hrs with the first of 6 ATs off runway 20, one of which was for visitors Burtenshaw/O'Flanagan in their Duo Discus t. Their […] Read More...
Saturday 28th Another Atlantic depression made slow progress NE'wards across the UK , the moderate SE'ly bringing in extensive low cloud and rain from mid afternoon. Flying was restricted to 2 Falke flights, both limited to < 750' QFE by the overcast, Dave Campbell doing a few solo circuits and James Shaw/Andy Holmes doing an […] Read More...
Friday 28th. A day of low cloud and showers as a moderate SW veered into the W meant there was no flying. Read More...
Thursday 27th. A depression made slow N'ly progress over the UK bringing overcast skies, a lowering cloudbase and a period of rain in the afternoon as a moderate E'ly declined to light. Consequently, there was no flying. Read More...
Wednesday 26th. A moderate to fresh E'ly blew on a day of sunny intervals that turned generally cloudier. Flying was restricted by the direction and strength of the wind with runways 20 and 06 used for take offs and 20, 02 and 06 used for landings, the launch total being 4, of which 1 was […] Read More...
Tuesday 25th. The wind had become a moderate E'ly so the day's 19 ATs and I Falke flight used either runway 02 or 06 for take off and landing, the generally cloudy conditions depressing thermal activity so that only 1 flight exceeded 30 minutes and 3 more exceeded 20 minutes. The 52 minute flight by […] Read More...
Monday 24th. A light to light to moderate SSW'ly slowly backed into the SSE, bringing another thermal soaring day with cloud base rising to around 5,000' and average peak climb rates being 4-5 kts. These conditions generated 10 XC's over 100 km, although there was only 1 over 300 km. The day's 31 ATs and […] Read More...
Sunday 23rd. A very good thermal soaring day at Sutton, with a light to light to moderate SSW'ly slowly backing into the SSE, resulted in14 XCs > 100 km of which 3 > 500 km, 1 > 400 km, 3 > 300 km, 4 > 200 km and 4 > 100 km. The 3 >500 […] Read More...
Saturday 22nd. A light to moderate NNW'ly blew on a good thermal soaring day, cloud base reaching around 5,000' asl, with average peak climb rates around 4-5 kts. The day's 26 ATs and 3 self launches off runway 24 realised 16 flights of over 30 minutes, with 13 of these over an hour, the latter […] Read More...
Friday 21st. A sunny start to the day soon disappeared as extensive stratocumuluis formed, only clearing late afternoon. The result was a launch total of 3, an initial 7 minute flight by James Shaw in the Falke which determined that cloud base was only just over 1,000' QFE, followed by 2 widely spaced flight by […] Read More...
