Monday 13th. The wind had become a moderate N'ly, reducing the maximum temperature to 22.7c locally, although the skies remained blue and the day sunny. The day's 9 ATs were off runway 02 with 02/06 used for landing, and blue wave around 8 km north of the site provided some soaring for some, with 5 […] Read More...
Saturday 11th. A shift in the position of the high pressure led to the wind becoming a light to moderate E'ly and the temperature dropping to a more comfortable 26,6C. The onset of a wind off the N Sea meant a marked reduction in useable thermal activity, with the result that the day's 24 ATs […] Read More...
Friday 10th, Another hot and sunny day, with the local temperature edging up to 32.3C as an initially light and variable wind strengthened to become moderate as it settled into the E. The day's 9ATs, 1 self launch and 3 Falke flights were mainly off runway 20 but late returners and take offs used runway […] Read More...
Thursday 9th. A sunny and hot day, with the maximum temperature locally reaching 31.4C, brought blue thermals and a number of climbs to 5,000' asl and more, as a light to moderate, and at times variable WSW'ly blew. The day's 17 ATs and a self launch produced 13 flights in excess of 30 minutes with […] Read More...
Wednesday 8th. A sunny, hot day with a maximum of 30.7C locally, produced good soaring conditions after a slow start, cloud base rising to around 6,000' asl and average peak climb rates up to 5 kts, although the day eventually went blue . Accordingly, only 6 of the day's 29 ATs and 1 self launch […] Read More...
Tuesday 7th. Another day of moderate to moderate to fresh W/WSW'ly winds with the cloudy skies clearing from mid afternoon, meant another day of hill, thermal and for some wave soaring. Thermals were generally weak and the wave gentle, but 10 flights of over 30 minutes of which 5 were over an hour came from […] Read More...
Monday 5th. With the Azores anticyclone extending northwards and continuing to influence the UK weather, it was another day with light to moderate WSW'lies, a high level overcast covering the northern half of the UK and restricting thermal activity. Lift was therefore mainly confined to hill and wave, although the latter was only utilised by […] Read More...
Sunday 5th. The light to moderate/ moderate, W/WSW'ly continued to blow, but now accompanied by predominately cloudy skies, which did, however, provide lift with hill, thermal and some wave utilised by the 12 ATs off runway 24. 1 private owner and 5 First Flight pupils made up half the launch total, with 6 flights of […] Read More...
Saturday 4th. A moderate to moderate to fresh WSW'ly soon veered into the W, so it was a winching day off runway 24, with15 flown. Hill, thermal and elusive wave lift were available, with the result that there were 10 flights in excess of 30 minute,s with 8 of these over an hour. Most of […] Read More...
Friday 3rd. The WSW'ly continued to blow, but had declined to become moderate to moderate to fresh so it was a full day's gliding at Sutton with 24 ATs off runway 24, including 9 by Private Owners and 3 for First Flight pupils. It was again a good wave day, with thermal and hill lift […] Read More...
