Friday 20th. A low pressure centre to the S of the UK meant a light to moderate N/NNE'ly wind at Sutton that brought in a low overcast with light rain/Drizzle at times so there was no flying. Saturday 21st. The low pressure had moved a little closer to the UK maintaining the light to moderate […] Read More...
Monday 16th. A light and variable, but mainly SE'ly blew, as high pressure established itself over the UK bringing a day of sunshine with isolated Cumulus. The 15 launches off runway 20 led to 12 flights over 30 minutes, with 5 of these over an hour, all of these by 5 out of the 7 […] Read More...
Thursday 12th. A light to moderate N'ly brought a cold day of sunny intervals and occasional showers and opportunities for soaring via thermal and in one case wave lift. The wave pilot was Bob Calvert in his Discus 2ct who used his engine to contact wave 5 km to the SE of site, climbing there […] Read More...
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...
