Tuesday 4th. An Atlantic low to the NW of Scotland brought cloud and some light showery rain in the morning which soon cleared, allowing flying to commence around midday. 12 ATs and 1 Falke flight were subsequently flown, 8ATs and the Falke flight off runway 20 until operations ceased mid afternoon and then 4 off […] Read More...
Monday 3rd. A generally sunny day, with patches of Stratocumulus and isolated Cumulus, as a moderate to moderate to fresh E'ly blew. Significant lift was hard to come by as evidenced by the 2 longest flights being of 24 minutes from the 10 ATs flown off runway 06, with both flights taking 3k tows. Dave […] Read More...
Sunday 2nd. A day of light/moderate winds starting in the SW and then backing into the S and finally the E and strengthening as a sea breeze reached the site in the late afternoon/early evening. It was generally a blue day with some Cumulus over the Dales, with cloud base there around 6,000' asl and […] Read More...
Saturday 1st. Another good thermal day with a cloud base rising to to around 7,000' asl in places and average peak climb rates of 5-6kts, only tempered by patches of Stratocumulus and some wave interference as a moderate W'ly blew. 28 ATs and 1 self launch off runway 24 included 11 for private owners and […] Read More...
Friday 31st. Light showers from 0600-0900 hrs cleared to leave a day of variable soaring conditions with patches of Stratocumulus as a moderate WSW'ly blew. At best, cloud base reached 6,000' asl with average peak climb rates around 4 kts, an optimistic soaring forecast resulting in Steve Thompson in his Ventus bt declaring a 750 […] Read More...
Thursday 30th. A moderate W'ly blew all day following the overnight passage of a weak cold front that didn't bring any rain. The cooler air mass produced some good thermal conditions with a high cloud base of up to 6,500' asl and average peak climb rates around 5.5 kts, but apart from one flight, wave […] Read More...
Wednesday 29th. The WSW'ly continued to blow, albeit as light to moderate, as a weakening cold front made slow progress SE'wards, bringing generally cloudy skies to site. Any lift was limited to weak thermals and hill lift, with the result that only 3 flights from the 21 ATs flown off runway 24 exceeded 30 minutes, […] Read More...
Tuesday 26th. The wind continued to blow from the W'ly quadrant, being a moderate to fresh WSW'ly, again providing lift via hill, thermal and wave. The latter proved to be more readily accessible than on previous days, with the result that 4 flights climbed to between 5-10,000' asl, 5 to between 10- 15,000' asl and […] Read More...
Monday 27th. A moderate to moderate to fresh W'ly blew all day, providing a mix of hill, thermal and wave lift, the latter not that easy to contact, but the availability of lift meant that 17 of the day's launches, 11 via AT and 5 via the winch, led to flights of over 30 minutes […] Read More...
Sunday 26th. Some locally heavy showers in the early hours cleared away leaving the site in a initially cloudy and moderate to fresh WNW'ly airstream. The start of flying was delayed until midday when the 1st of the day's 4 winch launches off runway 24 took off , with pilots Fred Brown/Chris Thirkell having 0:55 […] Read More...
