Wednesday 13th. The site was still under the influence of fronts circulating around a depression to the SW of the UK and this meant another cloudy and wet day at Sutton, a further 5 mm of rain falling over the 24 hour period, the wind being a light NE'ly. Unsurprisingly, there was no flying although […] Read More...
Saturday 9th. A passing front deposited 5.5 mm of rain in the early morning, and its residual cloud delayed the start of flying until the early afternoon, although from then on, conditions became soarable with every one of the 8 ATs of the day exceeding 30 minutes, including the day's 2 First Flight pupils. However, […] Read More...
Thursday 7th. Another day of showers in a light to moderate predominately N'ly wind, the showers becoming heavy in the afternoon with hail. In spite of this, 13 ATs were flown, all in 2 seaters, although soaring conditions were noticeable by their absence with no flights over 30 minutes. 3,000' tows for the 5 […] Read More...
Friday 1st. A cloudy air stream in a moderate to fresh S'ly flow brought some patchy rain from mid afternoon, the rain being accompanied by some gusty winds, these peaking at around 37 kts. The onset of the rain and strong winds led to flying being abandoned for the day around 1500 hrs after 8 ATs […] Read More...
Sunday 27th. A moderate to fresh SE'ly soon became a SSW'ly with the wind gusting into the high 20's by early afternoon and a peak gust of 49 kts being registered around 1600 hrs.. This, coupled with a rapidly lowering cloud base, meant there were only 2 ATs flown before flying was abandoned for the […] Read More...
Tuesday 22nd. A light, mainly NW'ly blew throughout the day, the sky being filled with a total overcast which was, however, high enough to permit flying although not soaring, this being reflected in the flight times, with nobody exceeding 30 minutes. Most of the closest approaches to that particular gaol were achieved early in […] Read More...
Friday 18th. The persistent high pressure was in cloudy mood as the low stuff spread in from the North Sea on a light to moderate N'ly, preventing any flying a Sutton. Saturday 19th. Not much had changed weather wise with the high still in charge so it was again a case of a North Sea originated, […] Read More...
Monday 14th. Monday dawned with a light to moderate E'ly blowing, an inversion at around 2,500' QFE and patches of Cirrus coming and going throughout the day. 15 ATs were flown, initially from the western edge of runway 20 but, after a couple of launches, the launch point was changed to allow take offs on runway […] Read More...
Saturday 12th. A high pressure system built across the UK, leading to a day of light to moderate, predominately S'ly winds at site, but with little if any convection to provide for extended flights. Accordingly, although the day saw 26 ATs behind one or other to the 2 Eurofox tugs, only one flight exceeded 30 […] Read More...
Tuesday 11th. The day started with some light rain and low cloud in a light to moderate, generally S'ly flow and although subsequently dry, the low cloud persisted for virtually all the day, preventing any flying apart from on the simulator where first John Carter and P March had a couple of sorties before being […] Read More...
