Tuesday 14th. Initially, a light N'ly with a medium level overcast meant that flying could commence around 1100 hrs from runway 02, although the prospect of limited lift, except to the NW meant that there was no scoring task for the Northern's competitors although a free distance task was open to them. In the event, a […] Read More...
Friday 10th. The Atlantic low centred to the west of the UK, produced a day of overcast skies, poor visibility, light winds that backed from the S to ESE and occasional light rain at Sutton, the rain amounting to 1.5 mm over the day. As a consequence, there was no flying during the day, while the Friday […] Read More...
Wednesday 8th. A first flight of the day saw Andy Parish and Mr O'Neil confirm a low base to the overcast that had spread in overnight on a light, mainly N'ly, flow, so flying was suspended awaiting some improvement in the conditions. This break in flying did have a beneficial side, however, as a number […] Read More...
Friday 3rd. Friday continued the trend of the earlier part of the week, the light to moderate N'ly wind bringing in a low overcast that prevented any flying, although, similar to Thursday, the cloud did break up in the late afternoon, too late to allow any flying to take place. The non-flying weather did, […] Read More...
Wednesday 1st. The synoptic situation hadn't changed much from previous days, with the result that the moderate to fresh and gusty N'ly continued to blow and bring in copious amounts of low cloud from the North Sea, the temperature struggling to get into double figures. Not surprisingly there was no flying. Thursday 2nd. More of […] Read More...
Wednesday 25th. A moderate N'ly blew all day, bringing in extensive low cloud that produced rain by early afternoon, with 6 mm falling during the rest of the day. Consequently, there was no flying. Thursday 26th. The departing fronts left a legacy of extensive low cloud and drizzly dampness, this amounting to 1.5 mm in total. A […] Read More...
Friday 20th. Friday evening's flying was all by AT as the wind, although remaining W'ly, had dropped to become light to moderate. 8 ATs were flown with Chris HaresNape, Alan Beamish and Mark Newburn providing most of the P2 pilots and Steve Thompson, Paul Whitehead and Dick Cole all spending time as P1, with the […] Read More...
Thursday 19th. A light to moderate SSE'ly blew at the start of the day, veering into the SW as more Atlantic fronts approached from the west, their rain arriving around 1630 hours. A late start saw 5 ATs flown off runway 20, the only club glider to be flown being K21 JVZ with the flying […] Read More...
Tuesday 17th. The Atlantic fronts approaching from the west of the UK didn't make their presence felt at Sutton until mid afternoon, although prior to this, some early spreadout and a low cloud base had delayed any cross country attempts, the light to moderate WSW'ly wind slowly backing into the SSW over the course of the […] Read More...
Friday 13th. A southward travelling, very weak, cold front meant it was a day of overcast skies and occasional bits and pieces of rain in a progressively cooler, moderate N'ly, the result of which was a non-flying day, but at least there were no distractions for those attending the final sessions of the Aim Higher Course. […] Read More...
