Wednesday 24th. The wind had become a light to moderate ESE'ly so the day's 20 launches were off runway 02, including 3 self launches. A soaring window from midday to mid afternoon, with cloud base rising to over 4,000' asl and average peak climb rates around 3,5 kts, led to 6 flights ranging from 55 […] Read More...
Tuesday 24th. A light to moderate NNW'ly/N'ly blew all day, morning sunshine giving way to a cloudier afternoon, with 30 minute plus flights totalling 6, of which 2 were for 2 of the day's 7 First Flight pupils with 3 exceeding an hour. Rob Bailey in his ASG29t and Tony Drury in his DG303 were […] Read More...
Monday 22nd. With high pressure over the UK, a sunny day with exceptional visibility resulted, scattered, shallow Cumulus forming, principally over higher ground, as the NNW'ly wind slowly increased from light to moderate. 18 ATs were flown off runway 24, leading to 6 flights of over 30 minutes including 3 over an hour, 2 of […] Read More...
Friday 19th. A moderate SSW'ly slowly declined to become light to moderate over the day, with skies remaining cloudy due to the presence of a virtually stationary front to the north of Sutton. Flying commenced around 1130 hrs off runway 20 with the day's AT total being 10, including 2 by private owners. They were […] Read More...
Wednesday 17th. A cold front brought low cloud and rain from 0600-1200 hrs, with the clearance allowing flying to get under way from mid afternoon, with initially 3 ATs and then 5 winch launches from runway into a moderate and at times moderate to fresh WSW'ly. Hill lift, with some wave augmentation plus wave for […] Read More...
Monday 15th. An Atlantic depression tracking to the NW of Scotland brought low cloud and rain at times so there was no flying. Tuesday 16th. A period of rain and low cloud from 0500-0900 hrs delayed the start of flying to around 1100 hrs, but with a moderate W'ly blowing, 29 winch launches were subsequently […] Read More...
Friday 12th. A light to moderate SW'ly veered into the WSW after a series of showers restricted the morning's flying to I AT off runway 24, Bruce Grain/Steve Morgan having 31 minutes in K21 JVZ. Flying resumed mid afternoon with an additional 3 flights flown, 2 in JVZ and the other by Bob Calvert in […] Read More...
Thursday 12th. A moderate WSW'ly slowly backed into the S, a sunny start to the day soon giving way to showers, which were heavy at times. The day's flying was limited to 4 flights, all off runway 20, with 3 in K21 JVZ with James Shaw as P1 and one by Andy/Katherine Balkwill in their […] Read More...
Tuesday 9th. A good thermal day with a number of pilots climbing to around 6,000' asl and best climbs around 5 kts as a moderate SSE'ly blew. The day's launch total was 38, helped the Tuesday group's evening flying which came to an end around 1930 hrs and there were 22 flights of over 30 […] Read More...
Monday 8th. A day when cloud base rose to between 5 & 6,000' asl with average peak climbs of 4-5 kts as a light to moderate WSW'ly blew, led to 29 ATs, initially off runway 20, but changing later to 24. 11 XC'xs were flown out of the day's 29 soaring flights, with 16 flights […] Read More...
