Monday 9th. Low cloud, light rain and drizzle brought in on a light to moderate N'ly eventually cleared as the wind became a light to moderate W'ly, allowing flying to commence around 1430 hrs when Guy Hartland took the first of the day's 3 First Flight pupils for a flight in K21 KLW off runway […] Read More...
Sunday 8th Fronts from a slow moving low pressure close to the UK resulted in a light N'ly flow at site with a low overcast that produced light rain/drizzle at times so there was no flying. Read More...
Friday 6th. A light to moderate NE'ly was accompanied by mainly sunny skies but little in the way of lift as 19 ATs were flown off runway 06 with most landings on runway 02. The day saw 6 First Flight pupils flown, with their flight times of around 20 minutes, among the longest of the […] Read More...
Monday 2nd. A dull and damp dayslowly brightened as a light to moderate S'ly blew, but the improvement came too late for any flying. Tuesday 3rd. A cloudy start with a light NW/WNW'ly blowing did not stop flying commencing around 1030 hrs, with brightening skies leading to some thermal soaring in the afternoon. 25 ATs […] Read More...
Sunday 1st. A moderate E'ly that slowly decreased to light to moderate brought in a low overcast that was thick enough to give light rain at times so there was no flying. Read More...
Wednesday 28th. A cloudy, light to moderate SSE'ly blew all day, giving some weak lift on the southern ridge that was used to extend flight times for most of the 26 ATs off ruway 20, 3 of which were for First Flight pupils and 6 for Slingsby Week pilots. Bruce Grain/Steve Morgan had the longest […] Read More...
Tuesday 27th. A moderate S'ly slowly weakened to become light to moderate as a sunny start gave way to much cloudier skies that finally produced some light rain in the evening. 9 ATs were flown off runway 20, with some weak wave/hill lift extending 5 flight times to over 30 minutes, although no one managed […] Read More...
Friday 23rd. Atlantic storm Lilian brought strong winds, low cloud and early morning rain that ceased around 0900 hrs thus delaying the start of flying until early afternoon, with 8 winch launches thereafter off runway 24 into a moderate WSW'ly. All but one of the day's launches exceeded 30 minutes, with 6 exceeding an hour, […] Read More...
Thursday 22nd. Showery rain and strong winds delayed the start of flying until the early afternoon, by which time the WSW'ly had become moderate to fresh, so it was again a winching day off runway 24. Only 5 launches resulted, but all recorded flight times of over an hour, ranging from Bob Johnson/Jim Pirera's 1:26 […] Read More...
August 21st. The moderate WSW'ly continued to blow, so it was another day of winching off runway 24 with 21 launches leading to 11 flights of 30 minutes or more with 7 of these over an hour. Increasingly cloudy skies progressively limited thermal activity, but hill and wave lift provided soaring opportunities with 2 good […] Read More...
