Friday 14th. With little change in the synoptic situation, the light to moderate N'ly flow continued to bring in patchy low cloud and although shower activity was limited, there was no flying. Saturday 15th. The wind direction was still N'ly but its strength had declined to light, and a drier air mass resulted in a […] Read More...
Sunday 9th. A light to moderate NW/NNW'ly blew all day with thin high cover giving a bright rather than a sunny day. In the absence of any useable lift, none of the day's 6 ATs, initially off runway 20 and then off runway 02, included any soaring, so all the flight times were <30 minutes. […] Read More...
Friday 7th. A warm and light SSE'ly blew all day under generally blue skies but the conditions didn't tempt anyone to fly. Saturday 8th. The wind had become a light to moderate ESE'ly, the warm air mass resulting in a maximum temperature of 16.3C locally. Operations off runway 20 had to cope with the cross […] Read More...
Thursday 6th. A warm and moderate SSE'ly blew all day, the temperature reaching 16.4C locally under clear blue skies, but after the activity of the past few days, this did not seem to appeal to most members so flying was confined to 2 circuit bashing flights in the Falke by Bruce Grain and Andrew Bedford, […] Read More...
Tuesday 4th. The light to moderate WSW'ly continued to blow, accompanied by high thin cover with some lower cloudiness at times, the conditions again producing hill and wave lift, the latter sparsely indicated by cloud to the east of the Pennines. A mixture of ATs and winch launches, 10 of the former and 19 of […] Read More...
Monday 3rd. With little change in the synoptic situation, it was another day of light to moderate WSW'ly winds that slowly decreased in strength over the day, with 19 ATs flown off runway 24 and landings on either 24 or 20. The 3 private owners who launched each contributed a > an hour's flight ranging […] Read More...
Sunday 2nd. A light to moderate SW'ly blew under generally cloudy skies, the day providing 11 flights over 30 minutes out of the 25 ATs flown off runway 24 over the day. I9 of the ATs were for 2 seater flights with members, 5 Durham University Students and 5 First Flight Pupils flown in either […] Read More...
Saturday 1st. With the anticyclone remaining in place, it was another day of light winds, mainly from the SW/W and hazy sunshine, resulting in 18 ATs off runway 24 with landings on 20, the Falke contributing an additional 3 flights, one of which was a visit to and then a return from Breighton. Weak thermal […] Read More...
Friday 28th. With a high pressure over the UK winds were light and mainly from the WSW but, unlike Thursday, skies were generally clear over and around the site with Cumulus over the Pennines. 14 ATs and a single Falke sortie were flown off runway 24 with landings on 20, with flights of 30 minute […] Read More...
Wednesday 26th. An occluded front brought a morning of rain, with showers in the afternoon as the moderate SSE'ly veered into the W and decreased to light to moderate. The previous day's forecast had led to the day being scrubbed, so there was no flying, but the weather did produce some spectacular Mammatus clouds over […] Read More...
