Saturday 17th. Further to my previous Blog, I received a couple of photos which shown the foggy end to Saturday's flying. The first was taken following the parking of the Tug at the launch point after the last launch of the day and shows the fog advancing up runway 20, while the second shows the DG1000 […] Read More...
Friday 16th. Another day of light winds from a SSE'ly direction as high pressure continued to build, holding at bay an Atlantic front over the west of the UK. Early fog in the Vales of York and Pickering slowly lifted into low stratus before dispersing altogether, but this was not the case at site as […] Read More...
Sunday 11th. The high pressure had strengthened slightly, providing a moderate W'ly to start the day, this slowly decreasing as the day progressed, medium to high cover persisting. Similar to Saturday, a combination of hill lift, variable at times, and wave meant it was an interesting flying day, the possibility of soaring leading to 22 […] Read More...
Friday 9th. A mild, light to moderate, initially S'ly airstream brought copious amounts of low cloud and periods of mainly light rain, the cloud shrouding the site. A gradual change in wind direction into the WSW did not lead to any great improvement in the weather so Friday became a non-flying day. Saturday 10th. […] Read More...
Saturday 3rd. Another foggy start to the day for those living in the Vale of York, while clear conditions at Sutton allowed flying to commence at just after 1000 hrs as a light NE'ly blew, this gradually veering into the E. High cover ensued there was little surface heating, consequently, it was a circuit […] Read More...
Wednesday 30th. A light WNW'ly briefly strengthened to moderate in the middle of the day, probably the result of wave influence, as some of the day's 13 ATs resulted in some limited climbs in weak lift with 2 flights exceeding an hour and five 30 minutes. Roger Burghall flying the DG303 recorded the longest flight, […] Read More...
Thursday 24th. High pressure remained in charge of the weather, producing a light ENE'ly flow at site, but also generally cloudy skies, the base being high enough to allow operations off runway 02, 15 ATs being the result. With no lift in prospect, only the 2 K21s were flown, flight times reflecting the conditions, being […] Read More...
Thursday 17th. After 3mm of rain overnight, a brief flyable spell of weather allowed 3 ATs to be flown in the DG1000 before an approaching front brought more rain in the afternoon, the wind veering into the west after the passage of the front, having been a light to moderate S'ly. Winter visitor Andy Wallace […] Read More...
Friday 11th. Friday brought a light to moderate SE'ly than slowly veered into the SSE, the initially blue, sunny skies gradually clouding over as high cover moved in from the west. The lack of any usable lift meant that flight times and launch heights were directly related with two of the day's 5 First Flight […] Read More...
Sunday 6th. The site remained in a cold, moderate to fresh N'ly with frequent showers, as a depression over the North Sea slipped further south, the wind gusting into the high 20 kts. The conditions meant the gliders remained in the hangars but the simulator was busy as 8 Scorpion Scouts were introduced to virtual gliding […] Read More...
