Friday 15th to Saturday 16th March 2024

Friday 15th.  A light to moderate to moderate WSW'ly blew, accompanied by a mainly overcast sky that produced a  number of light showers, the conditions also providing some hill and wave soaring from the day's 12 winch launches off runway 24.  7 flights exceeded 30 minutes with 4 of these over an hour, with visitor […] Read More...

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Thursday 14th March 2024

Thursday 14th.  A moderate S'ly brought in low cloud and light rain at times, but not before 2 ATs and 2 winch launches had been flown off runway 20.  The 2 ATs were for First Flight pupils, with P1 Dave Campbell posting the longest flight of the day from the second of these, his 24 […] Read More...

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Monday 11th to Wednesday 12th March 2024

Monday 11th.   A day with a low overcast and moderate visibility, as a light N'ly slowly backed into the NNW, precluded any flying. Tuesday 12th.  Another overcast day with the SE'ly veering into the SW and increasing from light to moderate, the overcast being again too low to allow any flying. Wednesday 13th.  The cloud, […] Read More...

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Saturday 9th to Sunday 10th March 2024

Saturday 9th.. The moderate to moderate to fresh E'ly continued to bring in a low overcast, so there was no flying. Sunday 10th.  Another non-flying day due to the continuing low overcast, this time with morning rain, as  low pressure moved eastwards to the south of the UK, the moderate to fresh E'ly becoming moderate […] Read More...

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Friday 8th March 2024

Friday 8th   A moderate E'ly blew all day continuing to bring in an overcast from the North Sea that initially was high enough to allow flying to start around 1120 hrs, with Clive Swain taking the 1st of the day's two First Flight pupils for a flight in K21 JVZ off runway 06.  This flight […] Read More...

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Wednesday 6th to Thursday 7th March 2024.

Wednesday 6th.  The decaying occluded front had moved back westwards with the result, light rain and drizzle in the early hours and a low overcast that persisted all day, brought in on the light to moderate ESE'ly wind.  Consequently, there was no flying. Thursday 7th.  Although the occluded front had disappeared from the synoptic charts, […] Read More...

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Tuesday 5th March 2024

Tuesday 5th.   An occluded front draped along the UK's east coast slowly moved east, so the overnight cloud and light rain/drizzle was replaced by drier conditions and eventually brighter skies, allowing flying to get underway around 1430 hrs as the light to moderate SSE'ly slowly backed into the ESE and declined to light.  Guy Harland/Neil […] Read More...

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Friday 1st to Monday 4th March 2024

Friday 1st.   A fresh E'ly brought low cloud and rain from midday to late afternoon, so there was no flying. Saturday 2nd.  Another non flying day due to low cloud and rain.  Sunday 3rd.  A light SSE'ly blew all day, a bright start fading as cloud amounts increased, not sufficient to prevent gliding but sufficient […] Read More...

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Tuesday 27th to Thursday 29th February 2024

Tuesday 27th.  Morning rain delayed the start of flying until 1240 hrs and then low cloud limited launches to 2, Derek Smith Dave McKinney in the DG500 and Bob Calvert in his Discus 2t.   Derek/Dave managed to maintain their release height of 1,600'QFE and even climb a couple of hundred feet for a while in […] Read More...

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Saturday 24th to Monday 26th February 2024

Saturday 24th.  A light SSW'ly blew all day, initially dispersing fog and low cloud from the surrounding Vales of York and Pickering and providing a quiet day's gliding, with little lift to find from the 14 ATs off runway  24, landings being on 20.  Flight times were generally between 10-20 minutes, but a few pilots […] Read More...

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