Wednesday 20th. The moderate NNE'ly continued to bring in an overcast from the North Sea, but apart form delaying the start of flying off runway 02 for a little while, 25 ATs and a single Falke sortie were flown, albeit with a dearth of soaring opportunities, with only 1 flight getting to 30 minutes. This […] Read More...
Tuesday 19th. The NNE'ly wind had increased to moderate and the cloud coming in off the North Sea had lowered and thickened sufficiently to produce isolated areas of light drizzle, so there was no flying. Read More...
Sunday 17th. The light to moderate ENE'ly continued to blow, but the cloud coming in from the North Sea although initially low and restricted launch heights, broke up in the early afternoon, enabling five of the day's 21 ATs off runway 02 to exceed 30 minutes, with 2 of these being over an hour. The […] Read More...
Saturday 16th. A light to moderate ENE'ly brought in extensive cloud from the North Sea which didn't break up until early evening, its base being low enough to restrict release heights for the first part of the day. 20 ATs and a single Falke flight were the day's flying total, the overcast meaning that nobody […] Read More...
Friday 14th. The wind had become a light to moderate NNW'ly so operations were off runway 02, and with good soaring conditions, 6,000' asl cloud base, average peak climbs over 5 kts, the day's 17 ATs, including 9 for First Flight pupils, yielded 9 flights of over 30 minutes including 8 over an hour. The […] Read More...
Thursday 14th. A good soaring forecast, although with possible areas of spreadout, as a light to moderate W/WSW'ly blew, meant a busy day at Sutton, with 36 launches off runway 24, with a few landing back on 20. The day's launches included 10 for First Flight pupils, but still resulted in 25 flights of over […] Read More...
Wednesday 13th. A light to moderate SSE'ly was accompanied by a hot (31.6C) day locally, but the high temperatures didn't do much for soaring flight, with only 4 of the day's 20 ATs off runway 20 leading to flights over 30 minutes, of which one was over an hour. Four First Flight pupils were flown. […] Read More...
Tuesday 12th. A light to moderate SSE'ly blew all day with generally overcast skies until later in the day, limiting flying to circuits or extended circuits from each of the 22 ATs off runway 20 depending on release height. The day's flying included 5 for First Flight pupils, with James Prosser in K21 JVZ taking […] Read More...
Monday 11th. A light and variable but generally SW'ly blew, with 17 ATs and 2 Falke flights from runway 20. A weak warm front provided plenty of cloud but no rain, the conditions limiting soaring flights to 5, of which 2 were over an hour. These were both flown by private owners, visitor Gareth Francis […] Read More...
Sunday 10th. The WSW'ly continued to blow but had decreased to light to moderate and so while operations continued off runway 24, it was an AT'ing day, with 29 launches, 7 for First Flight pupils. Initial Cumulus and a reasonable soaring forecast tempted 12 pilots to fly XC, with 3 of them also contacting wave, […] Read More...
