In addition to the two early-morning motorglider sorties to Pocklington and back (to ferry a tug pilot for the two-seater competition) there were sixteen winch launches into the gusty and wavy conditions, and one self-launch. Conditions were not suitable for tasking the Northerns competitors, although two of the competitors flew their gliders for 6:11 and […] Read More...
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A bright but quite unstable day gave the promise of a decent soaring window enlivened by heavy showers. Luckily although showers did develop they avoided the site (just) and also much of the x/c routes flown by competitors and private owners. CLUB FLYING: Cloud base lifted in time to allow club flying to start at […] Read More...
Sunday 20th. Sunday dawned with slightly milky skies but with the promise of a reasonable soaring day, the wind being a light to moderate WSW that moderated during the day. The end of a successful Northern's week on Saturday, marked by an end of competition party, was followed by the start of the YGC's Task […] Read More...
Met-guru Keith predicted that thermal strengths would be suitable for competitive tasking from mid-day onwards, but that later in the afternoon some high top-cover would encroach from the west and cut off the energy. The comp director therefore chose one of his three planned tasks, with the idea that competitors would need to be back by […] Read More...
A better day than yesterday, although more blustery, with the wind at 3-4000' QNH being noted as 22knots at 260 degrees. Most pilots experienced the turbulence when transiting over the western edge of the airfield - the tugs pilots experienced it even more, so "well-done" to them! Club flying started at 10:40 and utilised […] Read More...
After the previous day almost anything would have been an anti climax and so it turned out. The decision was made fairly early in the day to abandon setting a task for the Northerns competitors. We imagine this was not unwelcome in view of the lengthy flights on Sunday. It also gave them and their […] Read More...
Sunday August 13th 2017: Well yesterday was not the Glorious Twelfth for glider pilots but that description fits this day and the 13th was a lucky day for all. It was the stuff glider pilots dream about - a long day starting early with consistant conditions over a wide area, a very high cloud base, […] Read More...
Friday 11th: A series of Atlantic fronts continued to influence the gliding weather. The passage of one of these in the middle part of the day allowed some flying to take place during the morning then later in the afternoon. Morning flying commenced under an overcast sky with a lively SSW wind meaning there was […] Read More...
Of course the best day in August so far had to coincide with the club temporarily having just one tug available so the launch queue became an quite impressive length. However it wasn't all bad news. The forecast was for a good x/c thermal day and thats how it turned out. In spite of the […] Read More...
