Saturday 8th. Low cloud and rain from 06-1000 hrs delayed the start of flying until lunch time, the initial SSE'ly becoming a light to moderate WSW'ly with the passage of the rain. 15 ATs were flown from runway 24 with a few of the subsequent landings on runway 20. The availability of hill lift and, […] Read More...
Thursday 6th. A light S'ly wind blew all day with high cover above low cloud forming over the North Yorkshire Moors. The latter restricted flying to just 3 ATs, all in K21 KLW off runway 20 with release heights of 900-1,000' QFE, resulting in short duration circuits. Friday 7th. The wind had become a light […] Read More...
Sunday 2nd. A generally cloudy day, but with some brighter periods as a light to moderate to moderate SW'ly blew, providing some weak lift in thermal, hill and patches of wave in the local area and stronger wave to the west. Consequently, the day's 22 ATs off runways 20 and 24, plus a self launch, […] Read More...
Wednesday 29th. A moderate SW'ly blew, slowly declining to become light by the end of the flying day with 24 AT's and a self launch flown off either runway 24 or 20, seven of the ATs being for First flight pupils. It was another soaring day, with 15 flights over 30 minutes and 9 of […] Read More...
Saturday 25th. A moderate to fresh NW'ly slowly backed into the WNW but didn't decline in strength until late afternoon, so there was no flying. Sunday 26th. An approaching front brought low cloud and rain from early afternoon, restricting flying to 4 ATs off runway 24 into a light to moderate W'ly, 3 of […] Read More...
Thursday 23rd. The site was on the periphery of storm Benjamin which tracked across Southern England, and, as a consequence, missed the heavy rain and strong winds which affected the southern half of the UK and northern France. However, it was a day of moderate to fresh NW'ly winds, low cloud and bits and pieces […] Read More...
Wednesday 22nd. Sunny, blue skies slowly produced Cumulus and then increasingly cloudy skies as a light to moderate WSW'ly slowly backed into the SSW. 32 ATs were flown off runway 24, with some landings on runway 20, including 6 for First Flight pupils and 10 for private owners, with 12 flights exceeding 30 minutes and […] Read More...
Monday 20th. A day of low cloud and showery rain in the early morning and afternoon, as a light to moderate ESE'ly backed into the NE mid afternoon and decreased to light, meant there was no flying. Tuesday 21st. The wind had become a light to moderate SSW'ly, but the accompanying low cloud and dribs […] Read More...
Saturday 18th A light to moderate SSE'ly blew all day accompanied by overcast skies, but this time the layer of Stratocumulus was high enough to allow normal ATing operations but still thick enough to prevent any convection. Consequently, none of the day's 27 ATs off runway 20 resulted in any flights of 30 minutes or […] Read More...
Thursday 16th. With little change in the synoptic situation, it was another day with a thick sheet of stratocumulus covering the sky as a light, mainly W'ly, wind blew. Release heights were limited to 1,600' QFE by the overcast with the result that flight times didn't exceed 10 minutes from the 3 flights in K21 […] Read More...
