Friday 18th. A moderate and at times moderate to fresh ESE'ly blew all day, a bright start soon disappearing as cloud cover increased with light rain setting in in the late afternoon. Flying was limited to 3 flights in teh morning, Bob Calvert taking 2 First Flight pupils for 20/21 minute flights off 3,000' tows […] Read More...
Wednesday 16h. A small low pressure tracking northwards up the west side of the UK brought a low overcast and a moderate to fresh and at times fresh SE'ly that veered into the SSW to site. In anticipation of this weather, Wednesday's flying was scrubbed on Tuesday. Thursday 17th. The departure of the low pressure […] Read More...
Monday 14th. The wind had become a moderate to fresh S'ly, with scattered Cumulus giving way at times to overcast skies, the conditions aloft being too turbulent for First Flight pupils. 13 ATs were flown off runway 20, with the 4 Private owners who launched, setting off on cross countries and each contributing to the […] Read More...
Saturday 12th. A weak front advancing from the SW slowly increased cloud cover after a sunny start to the day, the wind being a moderate SSE'ly. 17 ATs off runway 20 included one for a First Flight pupil and 3 for private owners, all the flying in club gliders being in either of the two […] Read More...
Thursday 10th. An initial low overcast soon burnt off, with the first AT off runway 20 launching around 1030 hrs into a light to moderate SSE'ly, to be followed by 14 more. The sunny conditions tempted 5 private owners to rig and launch, but the blue conditions and low inversion precluded any soaring flights, what […] Read More...
Wednesday 9th. The centre of the high pressure had slipped south-westwards, changing the wind direction to a N'ly and bringing in an overcast which limited ATs release heights, so operations were limited to 4 ATs of runway 02 and 2 Falke flights. The longest glider flight of the day was for one of the two […] Read More...
Tuesday 8th. Some low stratus soon burned off to leave a clear, blue, sunny day with the occasional cloud, the SSE'ly declining from light to moderate to light over the day. Flying, starting at around 1100 hrs, extended into the evening, with Tuesday evening flying recommencing following the change to British Summer Time, the resulting […] Read More...
Sunday 6th. A light to moderate ESE'ly blew all day, early Cumulus soon disappearing to give clear, blue skies and plenty of sunshine although the maximum temperature only reached 14.4C. The day's 11 ATs off runway 20 included 2 for private owners and 4 for First Flight pupils, with K21s KLW and JVZ sharing the […] Read More...
Wednesday 2nd. The E'ly had strengthened slightly and become gustier, so flying was restricted to 5 ATs either off runway 02 or 06. Useable lift was hard to find, with James Shaw/Rob Bottomley having 30 minutes in K21 JVZ and Andreas Rieder/Stephen Kellerher having 29 minutes in the same glider. Thursday 3rd. With little change […] Read More...
Monday 31st. High pressure had become established over the UK, the light SSE'ly wind being accompanied by a mid level overcast that precluded any soaring opportunities. The resultant 16 ATs off runway 20 did not produce any flights of over 30 minutes, the longest two both involving Andrew Bedford. The first was with James Shaw, […] Read More...
