A group of YGC pilots have made what is becoming an annual expedition to the Borders GC at Millfield and the following report by Colin Troise has been cut and pasted from his entry in the YGC Members Forum. Saturday 1st October. Most of us arrived at Milfield to be greeted by an already operational airfield, […] Read More...
Wednesday 28th. A warm and cloudy, SW'ly airstream opened the day, this increasing to become moderate to fresh by end of flying having veered into the WSW. A mixture of launch methods were utilised, providing 6 off the winch and 20 via AT. The day's 26 launches led to 11 flights of over an […] Read More...
Friday 23rd. A moderate SSW'ly blew for most of the day, veering into the S during the afternoon, the air mass also providing some reasonable thermic activity that was appreciated by those flying on the day but not tempting anybody to fly cross country. The > 30 minute flying time list had 20 entries, out of […] Read More...
Wednesday 21st. The site was in cloud to start the day but this soon lifted, as a light to moderate SE'ly blew, this slowly veering into the SSE as the day progressed. 24 ATs were flown off runway 20, all but two in the club 2 seaters, the exceptions being 2 launches by Messrs Bellamy and […] Read More...
Saturday 17th. A fresh N'ly soon moderated, becoming light by the end of the flying day, those at site experiencing some pleasant sunshine and much activity as 37 ATs were flown off runway 02. The 2 seaters were busy with a party of 5 Scouts and 4 First Flight pupils as well as members, with […] Read More...
As a post script to the weekend's flying, the following photo show Gerry Murphy receiving his wings from Kevin Kieley after his first solo on Saturday 10th. Congratulations are also due to Richie Toon who, flying his LS7, won the Mountain Soaring Competition held recently at Aboyne after a less than intensive pre-competition training programme. […] Read More...
Saturday 10th. The cold front that had curtailed Friday's flying has crossed the site overnight leaving a light N'ly that didn't produce much in the way of soaring opportunities, with none of the 24 ATs of the day leading to flights in excess of an hour and only 4 over 30 minutes. Steve Ball and […] Read More...
Monday 5th. A moderate SSE'ly steadily veered into the S and declined to light over the course of the day, low cloud preventing any flying until the middle of the afternoon as the temperature rose steadily to reach 17.2C at 1800 hrs. Six 1,000' ATs were flown in K21 JVZ behind the Eurofox as members […] Read More...
Friday 2nd. A light to moderate W'ly blew all day, too gently to accommodate winching, but sufficiently strong to provide hill lift which was augmented by thermals and later in the day by wave. 23 ATs were flown of runway 24, with 7 by private owners, most of these Slingsby Week attendees, although some had […] Read More...
Tuesday 30th. A light WSW'ly was accompanied by Cumulus with a low base, the clouds slowly dissipating to leave blue sky by the end of the flying day. The low cloud base had a deleterious effect on cross country efforts with non reported, but Jesper Mjels proved there was wave to accompany the thermals with a […] Read More...
