Saturday 15th. A medium level overcast persisted for much of the day, only partially breaking up in the afternoon, as a light to moderate W'ly blew, bringing in a much cooler airmass. There was some lift to be had, with 8 of the day's 28 ATs off runway 24 leading to >30 minute flights, of […] Read More...
Friday 14th. A light to moderate W'ly blew on a day of sunny intervals, Cumulus taking a while to develop over the lower ground. 20 ATs, 1 self launch and a Falke flight off runway 24 resulted, with 3 private owners launching and 4 First Flight pupils flown, soaring flights amounting to 12 over 30 […] Read More...
Thursday 13th. Another sunny and even hotter day with the local temperature reaching 34.6C, the highest of the year so far. It was essentially a blue day but with Cumulus over the higher ground, which is not surprising given that the relative humidity fell to 24% at 1600 hrs with a peak altitude of 7,700' […] Read More...
Wednesday 12th. Another sunny and hot day, the local maximum reaching 30.8C, led to limited soaring opportunities, with only 3 of the day's 16 ATs off runway 20 into a moderate SSE'ly leading to flights of over 30 minutes, with 2 of these over an hour. Clive Swain in his Kestrel 19, the only private […] Read More...
Tuesday 11th. A hot and sunny day, with the temperature reaching 27.0C locally and a moderate SSE'ly blowing, saw 21 ATs, a self launch and a Falke flight off runway 20. Andrew and Elizabeth Bedford besttook the Falke on a morning flight of 127 OLC km, visiting Tontine before travelling to the west of Reeth […] Read More...
Sunday 9th. A sunny start to the day didn't last long, as a weak cold front slowly tracked SE'wards bringing cloudy skies but no rain, the wind remaining moderate from the WSW. Soaring wise, it was a case of the early bird catches the worm, as the first 2 launches contacted wave, Sam Batchelor in […] Read More...
Saturday 8th. A moderate to moderate to fresh SSE'ly steadily veered into the SW on a blue day with thermals topping out around 6,000' asl and average peak climb rates around 4-5 kts. The blue conditions were not attractive to most pilots, with the 22 ATs and 1 self launch only resulting in 3 XC […] Read More...
Friday 7th. A day of high cloudbases and strong thermals was tempered by areas of Stratocumulus that lead to the abandonment of some XC tasks and engine use. Nevertheless, the 28 ATs and 1 self launch off runway 24 into a moderate WSW'ly found plenty of soaring opportunities from thermal and hill lift, with 23 […] Read More...
Thursday 6th. A cloudy day, with a cool and moderate WNW'ly blowing, did not generate any significant lift, with the 8 ATs off runway 24 recording a maximum flight duration of 23 minutes. Indeed, the 3 longest flights of 23, 22 and 20 minutes were all for the day's First Flight pupils and resulted from […] Read More...
Wednesday 5th. The wind had gone into the WSW and increased to moderate to fresh to fresh, bringing in some isolated showers which became more frequent in the afternoon. However, it was the wind speed that was problematic, with the result that a initial exploratory winch launch by Andreas Rieder/John Carter in K21 JVZ leading […] Read More...
