Thursday 3rd.. A moderate WSW'ly blew all day under generally cloudy skies, providing good hill lift, some thermal activity and wave for some, with a few isolated light showers first thing. The day's 17 winch launches off runway 24, including 7 for private owners, led to 15 flights of 30 minutes or more, with 10 […] Read More...
Wednesday 2nd. A day with bits and pieces of rain and drizzle, a moderate SW'ly that backed into the SSE and low cloud meant there was no flying. Read More...
Tuesday 1st. A moderate WSW'ly blew all day, sunny morning skies becoming increasingly cloudy. It was a good soaring day, with hill, thermal and wave lift available, although all the experiences of the latter were confined to the flights taking off before 1130 hours and initially, contacting the wave was difficult, with persistence required. In […] Read More...
Sunday 30th. A light to light to moderate S'ly blew all day under generally cloudy skies, thunderstorms bringing heavy rain to the area in the evening. Flying didn't get underway until 1200 hrs with the first of 6 ATs off runway 20, one of which was for visitors Burtenshaw/O'Flanagan in their Duo Discus t. Their […] Read More...
Saturday 28th Another Atlantic depression made slow progress NE'wards across the UK , the moderate SE'ly bringing in extensive low cloud and rain from mid afternoon. Flying was restricted to 2 Falke flights, both limited to < 750' QFE by the overcast, Dave Campbell doing a few solo circuits and James Shaw/Andy Holmes doing an […] Read More...
Friday 28th. A day of low cloud and showers as a moderate SW veered into the W meant there was no flying. Read More...
Thursday 27th. A depression made slow N'ly progress over the UK bringing overcast skies, a lowering cloudbase and a period of rain in the afternoon as a moderate E'ly declined to light. Consequently, there was no flying. Read More...
Wednesday 26th. A moderate to fresh E'ly blew on a day of sunny intervals that turned generally cloudier. Flying was restricted by the direction and strength of the wind with runways 20 and 06 used for take offs and 20, 02 and 06 used for landings, the launch total being 4, of which 1 was […] Read More...
Tuesday 25th. The wind had become a moderate E'ly so the day's 19 ATs and I Falke flight used either runway 02 or 06 for take off and landing, the generally cloudy conditions depressing thermal activity so that only 1 flight exceeded 30 minutes and 3 more exceeded 20 minutes. The 52 minute flight by […] Read More...
Monday 24th. A light to light to moderate SSW'ly slowly backed into the SSE, bringing another thermal soaring day with cloud base rising to around 5,000' and average peak climb rates being 4-5 kts. These conditions generated 10 XC's over 100 km, although there was only 1 over 300 km. The day's 31 ATs and […] Read More...
