Tuesday 17th. A cloudy and mild day resulting from a moderate WSW with a tendency to back into the S meant it was a winching day, with 13 off runway 24, although landings were on 20. The southerly component of the wind meant most soaring utilised the main bowl and the White Horse ridge, with […] Read More...
Saturday 14th. A moderate ESE'ly wind that slowly veered into the S brought in copious amounts of low cloud and a few showers, the latter being of nuisance value but the former preventing any flying. Sunday 15th. A moderate to fresh SW'ly that slowly veered to become WSW'ly meant a winching and soaring day at […] Read More...
Tuesday 10th. A fresh and gusty SW'ly blew all day, a little rain and general cloudiness clearing later in the day, but this didn't improve the prospects for flying. Wednesday 11th. The moderate to fresh SSW'ly wind soon increased to fresh, with gusts into the mid 40kts during the middle part of the day, this […] Read More...
Sunday 8th. A moderate and at times moderate to fresh SW'ly blew all day accompanied by cloudy skies. All 10 of the 13 winch launches of the day resulted in flight times of at least 30 minutes, with 2 leading to flight times of over an hour. Conrad Thwaites and Les Rayment had the longest […] Read More...
Saturday 7th. A moderate SSE'ly opened the day, which was generally cloudy at the medium to high level. The first AT of the 15 on the day saw Ian McFarlane and Ben Hutchinson have a 53 minute flight in K21 KLW, with southern ridge lift at low levels and some weak wave that took them […] Read More...
Tuesday 3rd. A light to moderate SSE'ly was accompanied by a low overcast, a flight in the Falke finding cloud base to be 400' QFE. The cloud base slowly rose as brighter weather spread in from the west allowing 2 launches off runway 24, the wind now being a light WSW'ly. Ian McFarlane nd Nigel […] Read More...
Wednesday 26th. A light to moderate NW'ly blew, so operations commenced off runway 24 via AT, with the first launch finding the hill to be working, Dave Campbell and Andrew Cluskey in K21 KLW having 49 minutes, which turned out to be the longest flight of the day. They were followed by Fred Brown and […] Read More...
Sunday 23rd. Another front which crossed the site around 1800 hrs brought some more rain, 5.6 mm, as well as low cloud and a moderate to fresh wind that varied between NW and W'ly. The combination of the gusty wind and post frontal showers meant there was no flying. Monday 24th. A period of heavy […] Read More...
Wednesday 20th The wind had become a moderate SSW that slowly backed into the SSE and an overcast sky meant a limited ceiling. However, a mixture of 6 winch and 6 AT launches, the former mainly in the morning and the latter in the afternoon, produced 1 flight of over an hour and a further […] Read More...
Tuesday 11th. Storm Ciara continued to dominate the weather as a combination of frequent showers and the strength of the wind, a fresh and gusty WSW, meant flying was not possible. Wednesday 12th. The wind remained in the WSW but had declined in strength to become moderate to fresh, although still somewhat gusty. However, this didn't […] Read More...
