Sunday 4th. A light to moderate/moderate SW'ly blew as high cover gradually thickened during the day. 14 ATs were flown off runnway 20, including 4 for First Flight pupils, and the Falke had 3 flights, with most flights being extended circuits and soaring flights of 30 minutes or more being limited to 3, with one […] Read More...
Saturday 3rd. A light to moderate WSW'ly airstream brought a good soaring day, with cloud base rising to around 5,000' asl and average peak climb rates of 3.5-4.5 kts. The result was 17 of the day's 30 ATs off runway 24, landings being on either 24 or 20, led to flights of 30 minutes or […] Read More...
Friday 2nd. A bright start to the day didn't last long as skies clouded over bringing the occasional shower, as a moderate/moderate to fresh S'ly blew. 10 ATs were flown off runway 20, including 2 for First Flight pupils, while Toby Wilson in his Std Cirrus was the only private owner to fly contributing the […] Read More...
Thursday 1st. Another good soaring day at Sutton, with cloud base rising to around 6,000' asl and average peak climb rates of 4-5 kts, as a moderate WSW'ly blew. The 27 ATs off runway 24 comprised 2 for First Flight pupils and 15 for private owners. delivering 22 > 30 minute flights of which 16 […] Read More...
Wednesday 30th. After a very warm night, the temperature locally not falling below 17.3C, the low cloud associated with an eastern travelling cold front did not clear the area until late morning, delaying the start of flying until around 1330 hrs. Thereafter, 19 ATs were flown off runway 20 into a light to moderate/moderate SSW'ly, […] Read More...
