Friday 27th. Low cloud and rain in the morning cleared sufficiently for flying to commence around 1400 hrs, with Chris Teagle taking the 1st of the day's 6 ATs off runway 24 into a moderate W'ly, a flying list that comprised two First Flight pupils, 2 private owners, and members in a club 2 seater […] Read More...
Wednesday 25th. The passage of an active cold front left the site in an unstable, fresh/fresh to strong WNW'ly with occasional heavy rain and hail showers, so there was no flying. Thursday 26th. A transient ridge of high pressure produced good soaring conditions with a 6,000' asl cloudbase and strong thermals, but this didn't last […] Read More...
Tuesday 23rd. A moderate to fresh, and at times fresh SW'ly, gusting into the mid 30 kts as an active cold front crossed the area from early afternoon bringing 14.5 mm of rain, meant there was no flying. Read More...
Monday 23rd. A moderate SSE'ly accompanied by generally overcast skies did not provide any soaring opportunities, so the day's 11 ATs off runway 20 were either extended circuits from 2,500' QFE tows or launch failure practice. The only flight of over 30 minutes was flown by Steve Scothern in his Discus bt, his 41 minutes […] Read More...
Saturday 21st. A light to moderate SSE'ly blew all day with morning mistiness giving way to a brighter afternoon. The initial murkiness delayed the start of flying until around 1100 hrs, but thereafter, 22 ATs, a self launch and 1 Falke flight departed from runway 20, but a lack of any lift meant no flights […] Read More...
Thursday 19th. The high pressure was still in place but with a light to moderate SSE'ly blowing, a day of milky skies and limited soaring conditions meant that only 3 of the day's 15 AT's off runway 20 led to flights of over 30 minutes with none over an hour. The Flarm traces from OGN's […] Read More...
Tuesday 17th. With high pressure in charge, it was a sunny, warm day with a moderate/moderate to fresh SSW'ly, so operations were off runway 24, with landings on 20. 10 ATs were initially flown, with the last 4 launches via the winch, and a combination of wave and hill soaring produced 6 flights of over […] Read More...
Friday 13th. A moderate/moderate to fresh WSW'ly blew all day. low cloud, following a period of rain in the early hours, delaying the start of flying until mid-afternoon. 4 winch launches off runway 24 followed, all leading to soaring flights with 3 over an hour and one of 45 minutes. It was a hill soaring […] Read More...
Thursday 12th. A cold front brought cloud and a little rain, but predominately strong winds with gusts of over 50kt so there was no flying. Read More...
Monday 9th. The low overcast brought in on a light to moderate SE'ly meant there was no flying. Tuesday 10th. The wind had become a moderate/moderate to fresh SSW'ly with a tendency to back into the S and, with mainly cloudy skies, flying began around 1100 hrs and continued until 1440 hrs, by which time […] Read More...
