Tuesday 4th. An Atlantic low to the NW of Scotland brought cloud and some light showery rain in the morning which soon cleared, allowing flying to commence around midday. 12 ATs and 1 Falke flight were subsequently flown, 8ATs and the Falke flight off runway 20 until operations ceased mid afternoon and then 4 off […] Read More...
Monday 3rd. A generally sunny day, with patches of Stratocumulus and isolated Cumulus, as a moderate to moderate to fresh E'ly blew. Significant lift was hard to come by as evidenced by the 2 longest flights being of 24 minutes from the 10 ATs flown off runway 06, with both flights taking 3k tows. Dave […] Read More...
Sunday 2nd. A day of light/moderate winds starting in the SW and then backing into the S and finally the E and strengthening as a sea breeze reached the site in the late afternoon/early evening. It was generally a blue day with some Cumulus over the Dales, with cloud base there around 6,000' asl and […] Read More...
Saturday 1st. Another good thermal day with a cloud base rising to to around 7,000' asl in places and average peak climb rates of 5-6kts, only tempered by patches of Stratocumulus and some wave interference as a moderate W'ly blew. 28 ATs and 1 self launch off runway 24 included 11 for private owners and […] Read More...
Friday 31st. Light showers from 0600-0900 hrs cleared to leave a day of variable soaring conditions with patches of Stratocumulus as a moderate WSW'ly blew. At best, cloud base reached 6,000' asl with average peak climb rates around 4 kts, an optimistic soaring forecast resulting in Steve Thompson in his Ventus bt declaring a 750 […] Read More...
