Saturday 1st. With the anticyclone remaining in place, it was another day of light winds, mainly from the SW/W and hazy sunshine, resulting in 18 ATs off runway 24 with landings on 20, the Falke contributing an additional 3 flights, one of which was a visit to and then a return from Breighton. Weak thermal […] Read More...
Friday 28th. With a high pressure over the UK winds were light and mainly from the WSW but, unlike Thursday, skies were generally clear over and around the site with Cumulus over the Pennines. 14 ATs and a single Falke sortie were flown off runway 24 with landings on 20, with flights of 30 minute […] Read More...
Wednesday 26th. An occluded front brought a morning of rain, with showers in the afternoon as the moderate SSE'ly veered into the W and decreased to light to moderate. The previous day's forecast had led to the day being scrubbed, so there was no flying, but the weather did produce some spectacular Mammatus clouds over […] Read More...
Sunday 23rd. Multiple fronts crossing the UK led to a day of low cloud, rain from 1300 hrs and the moderate to fresh SSE veering into the S, so there was no flying. Monday 24th. The wind had become a moderate WSW'ly and with a sunny start followed by broken cloud, winching off runway 24 […] Read More...
Thursday 20th. Multiple fronts brought low cloud, rain and a moderate SSE'ly that veered into the SW and increased to moderate to fresh as a clearance arrived too late to allow any flying but raised the temperature to a balmy 14C. Friday 21st. The clearance had departed overnight as continuing low pressure brought a day […] Read More...
Monday 17th. The front had fizzled out allowing the base of the overcast to rise sufficiently to allow flying, as a moderate SE'ly blew. However, all but 3 of the day's ATs released at around 1100' QFE, as Steve Morgan, Mark James and Sarah Nolan, practiced circuits. The other P2 of the day, Harris Hobson, […] Read More...
Friday 14th. Although the anticyclone remained in place and the light to moderate SE'ly continued to deliver overcast skies, the the air mass had dried out and the cloud base had increased sufficiently for flying to take place. 6 ATs were flown off runway 20 while the Falke had 3 sorties. In the absence of […] Read More...
Monday 10th to Thursday 13th. The blocking area of high pressure to the NE of the UK lived up to its name, preventing any Atlantic systems from reaching the UK and persistently feeding in a low overcast off the North Sea from the ENE/NE, the cloud being thick enough at times to produce some light […] Read More...
Friday 7th to Sunday 9th. A large area of high pressure had become established to the E of the UK with the result that an initial E'ly flow slowly backed into the NE over the reported 3 days, the wind strength varying between moderate to light. Cloudiness was much more consistent, each day being gloomy […] Read More...
Wednesday 5th. A light to moderate SW'ly that veered into the W brought an early morning shower but otherwise it was a sunny day with scattered cloud. Flying commenced around 1000 hrs, with the last flight of the 17 on the day landing at 1540 hrs, 12 of the flights exceeding 30 minutes and 6 […] Read More...
