Saturday 19th. A moderate to fresh WSW'ly blew all day, with the 19 winch launches off runway 24 encountering hill, thermal and, for some, wave lift, resulting in 15 flights exceeding 30 minutes, with 7 of these over an hour, The longest, in terms of duration and distance, and also in altitude reached, was by […] Read More...
Friday 18th. Bright, early conditions soon became duller as low cloud and rain edged in from the W, the rain mainly falling in the early afternoon and then being replaced by periods of light drizzle. The weather limited flying to just 3 winch launches off runway 24 into a moderate/moderate to fresh WSW'ly that backed […] Read More...
Thursday 17th. A cold front brought rain in the early morning, but its passage left the site in a moderate/moderate to fresh WSW/W'ly wind and a day of sunny intervals and some scattered showers. With hill, thermal and perhaps wave in prospect, 1 self and 10 winch launches off runway 24 were the order of […] Read More...
Wednesday 16th. A light to moderate/moderate WNW'ly blew all day, as a sunny start gave way to Cumulus before cloud thickened and spread out later in the day. The launch total was 12 ATs off runway 24 with landings on 20 or 02, comprised 2 for private owners and 10 for club gliders of which […] Read More...
Tuesday 15th. A cold front brought some rain to the area from 0600-0900 hrs,, but the skies soon cleared allowing flying to commence around 1030 hrs with the first of the day's 24 winch launches off runway 24 into a moderate/moderate to fresh W'ly. The day provided hill, thermal and wave lift, allowing 17 […] Read More...
Monday 14th. A light to moderate SSW that veered into the SW brought a warm air mass with the maximum temperature locally reaching 23.8C. As well as warmth, the air flow also brought wave, although it proved tricky to contact with only 2 of the day's 11 ATs off runway 24 doing so, with 1-2 […] Read More...
Sunday 13th. Early morning cloudy skies quickly cleared to leave of warm day of sunny intervals, as a light to moderate NNW'ly veered into the S by early afternoon. The brighter skies did not produce much in the way of lift with only 3 of the day's 20 ATs off runway 24 exceeding 30 minutes; […] Read More...
Saturday 12th. A weak cold front travelling slowly S'wards brought rain and low cloud from mid to late morning and delayed the start of flying until midday when Toby Wilson and Sam Batchelor took an AT in the DG500 off runway 24 into a moderate/moderate to fresh WSW'ly. Their flight encountered lift that took them […] Read More...
Friday 11th. Another sunny start saw Cumulus soon develop and spreadout to give a mainly cloudy, but bright day, but with sufficient breaks to provide reasonable conditions as the light to moderate WNW'ly slowly backed into the WSW. The day's 21 ATs and 2 self launches were off runway 24 and generated 13 flights of […] Read More...
Thursday 10th. A generally cloudy day due to a medium level overcast meant little in the way of thermal lift, but the moderate and at times moderate to fresh S'ly did produce some weak wave at times to the S of the site which resulted in 3 of the day's 14 ATs off runway 20 […] Read More...
