Friday 7th to Sunday 9th. A large area of high pressure had become established to the E of the UK with the result that an initial E'ly flow slowly backed into the NE over the reported 3 days, the wind strength varying between moderate to light. Cloudiness was much more consistent, each day being gloomy […] Read More...
Wednesday 5th. A light to moderate SW'ly that veered into the W brought an early morning shower but otherwise it was a sunny day with scattered cloud. Flying commenced around 1000 hrs, with the last flight of the 17 on the day landing at 1540 hrs, 12 of the flights exceeding 30 minutes and 6 […] Read More...
Monday 3rd. A light to moderate S'ly blew all day under variable high, thin cover, so operations were off runway 20 with 8 ATs flown. Somewhat surprisingly, there was weak wave lift around, with 6 of the launches leading to flights of over 30 minutes, including one of over an hour, this being by Steve […] Read More...
Friday 31st. A weak and slow moving occluded front brought a low overcast, some early light rain and light and variable winds, so there was no flying. Saturday 1st. The wind had become a light to moderate S'ly but the low overcast persisted, so there was no flying. Sunday 2nd. The moderate S'ly slowly declined […] Read More...
Tuesday 28th. A weak front brought low cloud and some morning rain as a light to moderate NNW'ly blew, this slowly backing into the WNW as the day progressed, so there was no flying. Wednesday 29th. The light WNW'ly was accompanied by generally cloudy skies, but with their base high enough to allow flying to […] Read More...
Monday 27th. Due to a bleak sounding weather forecast and low demand, Monday's flying was scrubbed on Sunday but in the event, the forecast heavy and frequent showers didn't materialise, although it was wet between 0300 and 0700 hrs with 12.2 mm falling locally. The daylight hours were characterised by a moderate SSW'ly and broken […] Read More...
Saturday 25th. A sunny morning with a light to moderate WSW'ly blowing led to 28 winch launches off runway 24 and one AT, with 19 flights exceeding 30 minutes and 8 over an hour. The recorded > an hour flights ranged from Sam Bachelor's 2:17 in Astir DSU, closely followed by Chris Booker's 2:11 in […] Read More...
Thursday 23rd. A weak cold front brought low cloud and patchy rain as the light to moderate SW backed into the SSW, so there was no flying. Friday 24th. With the north of England under a amber wind warning due to the passage of intense storm Eowyn, flying had been previously scrubbed. In the event, […] Read More...
Saturday 18th to Wednesday 22nd. The weather was dominated by a high pressure system that produced light winds from the SE sector accompanied by a persistent low overcast, some light rain at times on Monday and Tuesday, as a weak front lingered over the area, and poor visibility at times. Consequently, there was no flying. Read More...
Sunday 13th to Wednesday 15th. With a change to a mild airmass from between the SE to the SW, the snow slowly melted and was gone by Tuesday, leaving a very wet airfield that prevented flying on Wednesday. Thursday 16th. A light to moderate SE'ly blew, the skies were clear and sunny and flying took […] Read More...
