Tuesday 22nd. A cloudy day with light showers and a light to moderate WNW'ly had a delayed start to flying, with 4 ATs in the early afternoon and then 6 in the evening as the Tuesday evening group took over, all flights off runway 20. Some weak thermals in the early afternoon and the start […] Read More...
Sunday 20th. A flabby low pressure covered the UK bringing low cloud, murk and 13 mm rain from 1400 to 2100 hrs on a light to moderate ESE'ly so there was no flying. Monday 21st. The day's forecast heavy showers and thunderstorms did not materialise until early evening, so by then, 14 ATs and 2 […] Read More...
Saturday 19th. Saturday saw no flying for, after a dry but cloudy start to the day, an area of thundery rain tracked N'wards across the UK, with 38.3 mm of rain recorded locally from 1100 hrs to 1800 hrs. Read More...
Friday 18th. A light to moderate S'ly slowly veered into the WSW, the skies being generally cloudy with spells of sunny intervals. Some limited thermal soaring was possible, with two visiting private owners having the day's 2 flights of over an hour, with 2 other flights having between 30 & 60 minutes off the 13 […] Read More...
Thursday 17th. A moderate SSE'ly blew all day, with 27 take offs from runway 20, one of which was for the day's only First Flight pupil and 5 for private owners. The skies remained cloudy, so lift was hard to come by and only 1 flight exceeded an hour with 3 sneaking over 30 minutes. […] Read More...
Monday 14th. Low cloud delayed the start of flying until around 1400 hrs with the 3 subsequent ATs off runway 20 being the day's total, they all being flown in the DG500. Flight times increased from 20, via 28 to 33 minutes, the shorter times reflecting some weak thermal activity, with the 33 minutes for […] Read More...
Sunday 13th. After a sunny start the day clouded in as the Azores anticyclone started to give way to low pressure from the Atlantic. A light to moderate N'ly slowly backed into the ESE with the day's 17 launches off runway 02 producing 4 flights of over 30 minutes with 2 of these over an […] Read More...
Saturday 12th. Another hot and generally blue day, a shift in the position of the anticyclone resulting in the wind being a light ESE'ly before slowly increasing to moderate from the E. 13 ATs were flown off runway 20, with 20, 02 and 06 being used for landings. 2 private owners, 6 First Flight pupils, […] Read More...
Thursday 10th. A light to moderate SSW slowly veered into the SW, the air mass bringing very good soaring conditions, cloud base rising from around 3,500' asl to over 6,000' asl in places with average peak climb rates around 4-5 kts. As a result, the day's 37 launches off runway 20, including 7 for First […] Read More...
Tuesday 8th. The Azores anticyclone started to extend over the UK bringing in a warmer airmass and generally blue skies over the Vale of York, but with Cumulus over the higher ground and to the S. Flying wise at Sutton, the result was 29 ATs off runway 24 with 8 flights of over 30 minutes […] Read More...
