Wednesday 22nd October 2025

Wednesday 22nd.  Sunny, blue skies slowly produced Cumulus and then increasingly cloudy skies as a light to moderate WSW'ly slowly backed into the SSW.  32 ATs were flown off runway 24, with some landings on runway 20, including 6 for First Flight pupils and 10 for private owners, with 12 flights exceeding 30 minutes and […] Read More...

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Monday 20th to Tuesday 21st October 2025

Monday 20th.  A day of low cloud and showery rain in the early morning and afternoon, as a light to moderate ESE'ly backed into the NE mid afternoon and decreased to light, meant there was no flying. Tuesday 21st.  The wind had become a light to moderate SSW'ly, but the accompanying low cloud and dribs […] Read More...

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Saturday 18th to Sunday 19th October 2025

Saturday 18th  A light to moderate SSE'ly blew all day accompanied by overcast skies, but this time the layer of Stratocumulus was high enough to allow normal ATing operations but still thick enough to prevent any convection.  Consequently, none of the day's 27 ATs off runway 20 resulted in any flights of 30 minutes or […] Read More...

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Thursday 16th to Friday 17th October 2025

Thursday 16th.  With little change in the synoptic situation, it was another day with a thick sheet of stratocumulus covering the sky as a light, mainly W'ly, wind blew.  Release heights were limited to 1,600' QFE by the overcast with the result that flight times didn't exceed 10 minutes from the 3 flights in K21 […] Read More...

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Thursday 9th to Wednesday 15th October 2025

Thursday 9th.  The high pressure situated to the SW of the UK continued to provide a moderate W'ly flow at site that generated another good soaring day with hill and wave lift  predominant.  17 ATs and 6 winch launches off runway 24 led to 19 flights of over 30 minutes, with 16 over an hour, […] Read More...

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Tuesday 7th to Wednesday 8th October 2025

Tuesday 7th.  A light to moderate W'ly blew all day, with 21 ATs  and 1 self launch off runway 24, skies being generally cloudy with high level overcast and low level lenticulars on what proved to be a good wave day.    13 pilots reported climbs to over 6,000' asl or more, with 9 climbing […] Read More...

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Sunday 5th to Monday 6th October 2025

Sunday 5th.  Storm Amy was now over southern Norway, leaving the north of England with a initially fresh and gusty NW'ly that slowly moderated by the evening.   This wind strength and direction creates very turbulent take off conditions at Sutton, so there was no flying. Monday 6th.  The wind had become a moderate WSW'ly, and […] Read More...

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Thursday 2nd to Saturday 4th October 2025.

Thursday 2nd.  Low cloud restricted flying to a single Falke sortie, this leaving runway 20 into a moderate SSE'ly and included a practice field landing in the 18 minute flight. Friday 3rd.  A wet and increasingly windy day as Amy, the 1st named storm of autumn, approached from the SW of the UK.  24.4 mm […] Read More...

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Monday 29th September to Wednesday 1st October 2025

Monday 29th.  A sunny start with cloud building in the afternoon led to 13 launches off runway 20 into a light, mainly WSW'ly wind, 2 of the launches being for First Flight pupils.  Some thermal activity led to 5 flights of 30 minutes or more, including 3 of over an hour, with Robin Hutchinson in […] Read More...

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Thursday 25th to Sunday 28th September 2025

Thursday 25th.  A sunny start with scattered Cumulus later, allowed 3 flights to exceed 30 minutes, with 2 of these over an hour, the day's 13 ATs off runway 02 into a light to moderate breeze including 6 for First Flight pupils.  The pilots having >an hour airborne were visitor Graham Morris in his ASW27 […] Read More...

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