Friday 12th November 2021
Friday 12th. An Atlantic depression brought damp, cloudy skies to Sutton Bank, the site in cloud at times as a light to moderate SSW'ly slowly veered into the WSW. Consequently, there was no flying. Read More...
Thursday 11th November 2021
Thursday 11th. Another quiet day from a gliding perspective as a light to moderate SW'ly slowly backed into the SSE, this change being accompanied by a steady increase in cloudiness. 11 ATs behind the Eurofox were flown off runway 20, including one by Rob Bottomley in his Discus BT, while 4 flights were with First […] Read More...
Wednesday 10th November 2021
Wednesday 10th. A light WSW'ly under generally cloudy skies meant benign conditions for the day's 5 First Flight pupils and those club members undergoing training. First off was the Falke for a 34 minute session of touch and goes followed by 14 ATs off runway 20 behind the Eurofox, Dual flights were in the majority […] Read More...
Tuesday 9th November 2021
Tuesday 9th. A light to moderate SSW'ly blew under initially bright skies, these becoming cloudier as the day progressed and while this change didn't stop flying, it did restrict launch heights and correspondingly flight times. for the majority. However, with some hill lift being available on the SSW'ly facing part of home bowl and that […] Read More...
Sunday 7th to Monday 8th November 2021
Sunday 7th. A moderate to fresh and gusty WNW'ly lead to a weather flight, ie whether to fly or not. John Carter and Bruce Grain's 10 minute flight in K21 KLW off a winch launch convinced them it was not, so that was it for the day. Monday 8th. Bright skies and a light to […] Read More...
Friday 5th to Saturday 6th November 2021
Friday 5th. Sunny skies and a light to moderate W'ly meant a busy day's flying at Sutton with the first AT off runway 24 at around 1030 hrs and the last landing around 1615 hrs. All 4 club 2 seaters were flown as well as 2 of the single seaters, while Messrs Watson and Atkins […] Read More...
Wednesday 3rd to Thursday 4th November 2021
Wednesday 3rd. Low cloud and showers in a cool, moderate N'ly airstream meant there was no flying. Thursday 4th, The cool light to moderate N'ly flow continued with the maximum temperature only reaching 5.7C. Flying was delayed until around 1100 hrs when Laurie Clark and Andy Evans took a launch in K21 JVZ off runway […] Read More...
Monday 1st to Tuesday 2nd November 2021
Monday 1st. 5 mm of frontal rain overnight left a legacy of low cloud that delayed the start of flying until early afternoon. However, the fronts passage and the resultant clearance had left the site in a moderate Wly flow, so an afternoon of winching and hill soaring resulted. The day's 6 winch launches all […] Read More...
Friday 29th to Sunday 31st October 2021
Friday 29th. An Atlantic front brought wet and windy conditions to site, the front clearing the site around 1300 hrs as the moderate to fresh SSE'ly progressively veered into the SW, declining to light to moderate late in the day but the conditions improved too late to allow any flying. Saturday 30th. Another wet morning […] Read More...
Thursday 28th October 2021
Thursday 28th. The synoptic situation had changed little, so the moderate to fresh SSW/SW'ly wind continued to bring in a low overcast that meant a non-flying day, albeit another unseasonably mild one. The front that had been stalled over the western side of the UK eventually made progress eastwards, with rain reaching the site around […] Read More...