Monday 9th. A weak low pressure slowly travelling south across the UK brought an overcast day, but with a cloud base high enough for flying to occur. Operations were initially off runway 20, but with the wind becoming a light to moderate WSW, the rest of the day's 15 ATs were flown off runway 24. […] Read More...
Saturday 7th. A forecast of heavy showers and the risk of thunderstorms led to the day being scrubbed. Sunday 8th. A moderate W'ly blew all day, the skies remaining generally cloudy with a few showers, although these did not affect flying too much. The day's operations comprised 7 AT's and 8 winch launches off runway […] Read More...
Thursday 5th. A light to moderate S'ly slowly veered into the SW, bringing a cloudy day with light rain at times, with flying restricted to 3 flights in a 1 hour period in the early afternoon, one by Malcolm Guard in his Astir CS and the other 2 in K21 JVZ. In spite of 3,000' […] Read More...
Wednesday 4th. The WSW'ly wind had increased in strength to moderate to fresh with 30 kt gusts, so it was again a winching day, with 19 launches off runway 24 that led to 12 flights of over 30 minutes, 11 of these being over an hour, with 7 over 2 hours. In addition to hill […] Read More...
Tuesday 3rd. A moderate and at times moderate to fresh WSW'ly blew all day following the passage of a cold front that crossed the area from 0600-0900 hrs, the following airmass containing a few showers. It was a winching day, with 14 launches off runway 24, flying extending into the evening, the last flight landing […] Read More...
Sunday 1st. A forecast for a bright start quickly followed by heavy, blustery showers led to flying on the day being scrubbed. Monday 2nd. A light to moderate WNW'ly that slowly backed into the WSW, a high cloud base and strong thermals, led to a day of long XC's with 2 x 500's, 2 over […] Read More...
Saturday 31st. A light to moderate S'ly wind veered into the WSW over the course of the day, the partly cloudy skies providing some thermal activity from late morning. 27 ATs and a self launch from runway 20, in addition to 3 flights in the Falke and 2 in Eurofox ETY constituted the day's flying, […] Read More...
Friday 30th. Low cloud and drizzle soon cleared to leave of day of hill, thermal and wave soaring opportunities as a moderate W/WSW'ly blew, the day's 34 launches off runway 24 being a mixture of 19 via the winch and 15 via AT. 9 flights contacted the wave, climbing to between 5,500' and 15,000' asl […] Read More...
Saturday 24th. The start of flying was delayed until early afternoon by low cloud, but a weather check in K21 KLW by Bruce Grain/James Horton led to 9 further winch launches off runway 24 resulting in 1 flight of over an hour and 4 of > 30 minutes but < 60 minutes. Bob Calvert in […] Read More...
Friday 23rd. Another good soaring day developed after a slow start, sunny blue skies in the morning sprouting Cumulus by midday as a light S'ly slowly veered into the WSW and freshened slightly as a front approached from the W. The morning's flying off runway 20 saw 9 First Flight pupils flown, followed by Dean […] Read More...
