Thursday 20th A non flying day as a slow moving occluded front brought low cloud and rain in the form of heavy showers and thunderstorms, particularly in the early hours, when 60.7 mm fell locally, the wind becoming a moderate and cool N'ly. Read More...
Wednesday 18th. A light to light to moderate WSW'ly blew on of a day of sunny intervals and isolated, heavy showers one of which caused a 2 hour interruption to the day's flying which totalled 16 ATs and 1 Falke flight off runway 24. Moderate thermal activity meant 8 flights lasted 30 minutes or more, […] Read More...
Tuesday 18th. A moderate to moderate to fresh W'ly blew all day, with generally cloudy skies, so it was a mixture of ATs and winch launches off runway 24, with occasional landings on 20. Hill, thermal and, for some, wave lift, meant the majority of the day's flights were soaring ones, the 23 winch launches, […] Read More...
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...
