Sunday 13th to Wednesday 16th October 2024

Sunday 13th.  A ridge of high pressure brought a sunny start and light winds, the initial WNW'ly slowly backing into the SE.  A lack of any significant lift meant none of the day's 23 ATs off runway 24. with landings on 20, exceeded 30 minutes, the 27 minutes by both Sarah Stubbs/Chelsea Langston in K21 […] Read More...

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Saturday 12th October 2024

Saturday 12th.   A low pressure centred just to the N of Scotland sent two cold fronts across the N of England, one in the morning and one in the late afternoon, restricting flying to 3 ATs off runway 20 in the early afternoon, before the light to moderate SE'ly veered into the W after the […] Read More...

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Wednesday 9th to Friday 11th October 2024.

Wednesday 9th. A moderate to fresh at times NNE'ly brought in a low overcast and showers, so there was no flying. Thursday 10th.  A cold front had tracked S overnight leaving the site in a light to moderate NNW'ly flow of Arctic air that produced some good soaring conditions for the time of year, with […] Read More...

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Friday 4th to Saturday 5th October 2024

Friday 4th.  The high pressure remained in place, resulting in a misty morning in the Vale of York, with sunny skies thereafter and blossoming Cumulus from late morning/early afternoon. resulting in 27 launches from runway 20 into the light to  moderate SE'ly.    The thermal lift proved to be strong enough to lead to 13 […] Read More...

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Sunday 6th to Tuesday 8th October 2026.

Sunday 6th.  A day of sunny intervals with increasing cloudiness and rain in the evening as a moderate SSE'ly slowly declined to light to moderate, did not result in any flying, this time for operational reasons. Monday 7th.  The movement of a low pressure centred initially to the W of Ireland, led to a slow […] Read More...

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Wednesday 2nd to Thursday 3rd October 2024

Wednesday 2nd.  High pressure replaced the low pressure of the last few days bringing a day of partially cloudy skies after a sunny start, a slowly weakening NE'ly wind that started moderate and decreased to light to moderate and some thermal soaring opportunities.  13 ATs were flown off runway 02 with 5 flights lasting 30 […] Read More...

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Sunday 29th September to Tuesday 1st October 2024

Sunday 29th.  A light to moderate SE'ly blew all day under cloudy skies as a front approached from the W.  With no usable lift, the day's 13 ATs off runway 20 were all extended circuits with one of the day's 6 First Flight pupils sharing the longest flight time of 24 minutes with Nobby Noble/Andrew […] Read More...

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Saturday 28th September 2024

Saturday 28th.     A ridge of high pressure brought a dry day with initially sunny skies which tended to cloud in, as a light and variable wind settled to become a light to moderate W'ly, the day's AT total of 24 off runway 24 including 14 for Private owners and 3 for First Flight pupils.  […] Read More...

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Wednesday 25th to Friday 27th September 2024

Wednesday 25th.   A bright start to the day soon faded as increasing cloud led to a total overcast by the middle of the afternoon, the light SE'ly slowly increasing to become light to moderate.  15 ATs were flown off runway 20, including 4 for First Flight pupils and 2 for private owners, the latter being […] Read More...

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Sunday 22nd to Tuesday 24th September 2024

Sunday 22nd.  The light to moderate N'ly flow continued to  bring in a low overcast so there was no flying. Monday 23rd.  A front from the low pressure centre to the south crossed the north of England during the early morning bringing 53 mm of rain, with some light rain persisting into the afternoon along […] Read More...

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