Today gave some soaring for most of the 6 flights during the day shift and some of the 11 Tuesday evening group's flights. Bob Calvert flew his Discus 2ct around the Pocklington and York areas in his 3hr 40 minute flight. Dean Crosby launched at 3:40pm after resolving a few technical issues, Guy suggested a […] Read More...
The club hosted this year's Interclub League over the Bank Holiday weekend Saturday 4th May Disappointing weather meant no flying. Sunday 5th May Some soaring was possible, 29 aerotows resulted in many flights of around 20 minutes duration and only a few attempts at the task. Pocklington aerotowed a K21 to Sutton Bank which flew […] Read More...
Wednesday 1st to Friday 3rd May 2024 Wednesday 1st May A gentle north easterly allowed 9 aerotows on runway 02. Bas Sonnefeld rejoined and after a 5 year break, he did several flights in JVZ and KLW with Andrew Watson and Guy Hartland culminating in a resolo, the other flights being three for Les Briston […] Read More...
Monday 29th. With low pressure centres to the north of Scotland and over N Ireland, the wind had switched by 180 degrees and now was a warmer, moderate to moderate to fresh S'ly which provided some limited lift from the White Horse and southern ridges. 6 ATs were flown from runway 20, flying coming to […] Read More...
Wednesday 24th. The N'ly flow continued, bringing in low cloud and light rain at times, so there was no flying. Thursday 25th. Snow and hail showers brought in on a moderate NNW'ly wind that slowly veered into the NNE delayed the start of flying until around 1430 hrs, when the first of the day's 6 […] Read More...
Tuesday. 23rd. The light to moderate N'ly flow continued, bringing in a few showers and variable amounts of cloud, with the result that only 6 ATs were flown from runway 02, with 4 of these after 1700 hrs by the Tuesday evening group. A lack of any significant lift meant tows to 2,000' QFE yielded […] Read More...
Sunday 21st. A light to moderate N'ly blew all day providing a good thermal soaring day that resulted in some long cross countries. The day's 27 ATs off runway 02 included 10 for private owners and 5 for First Flight pupils, with 18 flights exceeding 30 minutes and 10 an hour. 9 of the latter […] Read More...
Saturday 20th. A clear blue, sunny start soon led to Cumulus development as a light to moderate N'ly wind blew, with consequential operations off runway 02, 25 ATs being the day's total. Although the number of flights exceeding an hour numbered 6, only 3 ventured far from site with Steve Thompson in his Ventus bt […] Read More...
Wednesday 17th. An weak occluded front moving south brought low cloud and light rain as a light to moderate NW'ly strengthened and veered into the N, but it was the strengthening NW'ly that resulted in a non flying day. The visitors from the Dartmoor GC decamped to and flew at Pocklington. Thursday 18th. A bright […] Read More...
Tuesday 16th. The wind had become a moderate to fresh and gusty N'ly, the initially clear blue skies spawning some isolated showers in the afternoon and while the conditions were not amenable to flying for most of the day, the moderating wind allowed flying to commence around 1640 hrs and continue into the evening as […] Read More...
