Wednesday 29th. A light to moderate S'ly accompanying some weak fronts which slowly made progress eastwards, kept the site in cloud for some of the day and subject to on and off periods of light rain, with 2.7 mm of this falling during 'flying hours', thus turning them into 'non-flying' hours. Thursday 30th. A initially […] Read More...
Thursday 23rd. A moderate E'ly brought in copious amounts of low cloud and although this dispersed late in the afternoon, the improvement came too late to permit any flying. Friday 24th. The initially light to moderate ENE'ly wind soon veered into the E under blue skies, as an anticyclone became established over the UK. By […] Read More...
Sunday 19th. A moderate SW'ly soon veered into the WSW and increased to moderate to fresh, with gusts reaching 40 kts before the wind moderated slightly. An early weather recce flight by John Carter and David Watson via the winch in K21 JVZ, determined that the conditions, including a low overcast with showers, were not […] Read More...
PPS to Wednesday 15th March. The report of Steve Thompson/Chris Stothard's wave flight down to RAF Linton on Ouse motivated Mike Wood to find and send me some photos of RAF Linton on Ouse taken during a wave flight in the 1970's (with an Instamatic camera) the photos being included below. Thursday 16th. A fresh […] Read More...
PS Wednesday 15th. Steve Thompson supplied the following photo from the rear seat of K21 JVZ as he and Chris Stothard flew from overhead the Tontine to overhead RAF Linton on Ouse with the instruments demonstrating the strength of the wave, ie 1kt climb at 95 kts at 7,800' QFE. Read More...
Saturday 11th. A light to moderate SSE'ly that slowly backed into the SE brought a low overcast that prevented any flying. Sunday 12th. An Atlantic front crossed the site around 0500 hrs depositing 11 mm of rain, its residual cloud slowly clearing and allowing flying to commence around 1130 hrs. 13 ATs were flown […] Read More...
PS to Wednesday 8th. David McKinney's wave climb to 10,000' in the Astir on Wednesday brought him the reward of Silver height gain, so well done David. Friday 10th. A slowly advancing, weak warm front meant that any early brightness soon gave way to a low overcast that produced periods of light drizzle at times. […] Read More...
Wednesday 8th. A light to moderate W'ly and decreasing cloud amounts produced a good, blue wave day, with most of the day's 20 ATs contacting and getting good climbs. Pilots reported rough conditions low down and even in the lower part of the wave system but this turbulence was compensated by 8kts of lift in […] Read More...
Thursday 2nd. An initially light to moderate W'ly led to a decision to AT off runway 24, but the wind speed soon increased to moderate to fresh with gusts around 30 kts, so after 2 ATs winching was the norm for the rest of the day, 16 being flown. Hill lift and some thermal activity […] Read More...
Monday 27th. Monday proved to be a dull and damp day, with 12.2 mm of rain falling during daytime hours, the light to moderate S'ly slowly veering into the W as the day progressed, extensive low cloud adding to the reasons for a non flying day. Tuesday 28th. The non flying conditions of Monday had […] Read More...
