Monday 5th. A light to moderate SSW'ly brought a day of wave, with peak altitudes of 12,600' asl and a couple of wave based XCs, including a trip to the other side of the Pennines. The day's flying started at around 1030 hrs with Bob Calvert taking the first of the day's 4 First Flight […] Read More...
Sunday 4th. A light to moderate WNW'ly and sunny skies opened the day, the wind slowly backing into the W. Flying commenced around 1130 hrs, but with a limited demand, ended around 1600 hrs, with 6 of the 8 ATs off runway 24 being for First Flight pupils. Consequently, while their flight times were from […] Read More...
Saturday 3rd. A light to moderate WNW'ly backed into the W, as another sunny and warm day generated some good soaring conditions, with 21 of the day's 27 launches off runway 24 exceeding 30 minutes, of which 21 were over an hour. 5 pilots posted XCs on the BGA ladder, with a further 7 XC […] Read More...
Friday 2nd. A light to moderate SW'ly blew all day, with warm sunshine, but soaring conditions were not easy, with one cross country pilot describing them as low, humid and horrible. In the event 3 XC's were posted on the BGA ladder and a further 7 flown, as 14 private owners contributed to a launch […] Read More...
Thursday 1st. A disturbance brought rain from 0500 to 1000 hrs with a legacy of low cloud that delayed the start of flying until around 1230 hrs, with 6 launches off runway 24 thereafter, including 2 for First Flight pupils. With no available lift to extend flight times, the 2 First Flight pupils had the […] Read More...
Monday 29th. The light to moderate SSW'ly continued to bring in good soaring weather, with strong thermals, average peak rates up to 5 kts and a cloudbase of over 6,000' asl. Consequently, the launch point was again busy with aspiring XC pilots, the day's launch total of 35 off runway 20 including 14 for private […] Read More...
Sunday 28th. A light and variable wind settled into the S, becoming light to moderate and, after a slow start, a good soaring day developed with 7 cross country flights posted on the BGA Ladder, ranging from 156 to 428 km and 7 additional cross country flights flown. The 428 km flight was by Rob […] Read More...
Friday 26th. A good thermal soaring day, but with some spreadout and blue holes to challenge those gong cross country, saw 31 of the day's 33 launches off runway 24 exceed 30 minutes with 25 of these exceeding an hour as a light WSW'ly blew. Dean Crosby flew 401km in his LS10t with an […] Read More...
Sunday 21st. A mainly cloudy day, but with a few brighter intervals, yielded 34 launches off runway 24 with a few landings on 20, as a light to moderate WNW'ly blew, the day's 34 launches resulting in 18 flights of over 30 minutes with 5 over an hour. Most pilots remained local mainly using thermals, […] Read More...
Saturday 20th. A weak Atlantic front slowly approaching from the west meant a day of cloudy skies and limited soaring opportunities as a light to moderate S'ly blew, cloud base being around 3,500' asl and average peak thermal strengths around 1.5 to 2 kts. 15 ATs off runway 20 were flown, including 5 for First […] Read More...
