Monday 27th. Due to a bleak sounding weather forecast and low demand, Monday's flying was scrubbed on Sunday but in the event, the forecast heavy and frequent showers didn't materialise, although it was wet between 0300 and 0700 hrs with 12.2 mm falling locally. The daylight hours were characterised by a moderate SSW'ly and broken […] Read More...
Saturday 25th. A sunny morning with a light to moderate WSW'ly blowing led to 28 winch launches off runway 24 and one AT, with 19 flights exceeding 30 minutes and 8 over an hour. The recorded > an hour flights ranged from Sam Bachelor's 2:17 in Astir DSU, closely followed by Chris Booker's 2:11 in […] Read More...
Thursday 23rd. A weak cold front brought low cloud and patchy rain as the light to moderate SW backed into the SSW, so there was no flying. Friday 24th. With the north of England under a amber wind warning due to the passage of intense storm Eowyn, flying had been previously scrubbed. In the event, […] Read More...
Saturday 18th to Wednesday 22nd. The weather was dominated by a high pressure system that produced light winds from the SE sector accompanied by a persistent low overcast, some light rain at times on Monday and Tuesday, as a weak front lingered over the area, and poor visibility at times. Consequently, there was no flying. Read More...
Sunday 13th to Wednesday 15th. With a change to a mild airmass from between the SE to the SW, the snow slowly melted and was gone by Tuesday, leaving a very wet airfield that prevented flying on Wednesday. Thursday 16th. A light to moderate SE'ly blew, the skies were clear and sunny and flying took […] Read More...
Thursday 9th to Saturday 11th. S'no change in the condition of the airfield - so no flying, but thanks to those who cleared the car park and provided gritted paths thus allowing those who braved the icy access road off the A170 to meet and enjoy the YCC Christmas party organised by Kelly, with food […] Read More...
Wednesday 8th. The light winds and clear skies meant severe overnight frost and the maximum daytime temperature struggling to get above zero o C, so the snow remained crisp and deep and even preventing any flying. Read More...
Monday 6th. With a thick layer of snow on the airfield there was no flying as the moderate NW'ly slowly declined to light. Photos of the airfield are shown below. Tuesday 7th. With a hard overnight frost, there was little change in the snow depth covering on the airfield, as the photo shows, so […] Read More...
Sunday 4th. A forecast of heavy, overnight snow, low cloud and strong E'ly winds led to the day being scrubbed on Saturday and the forecast was correct with snow starting around 2300 hrs and continuing well into Sunday. With an unflyable day forecast for Monday due to a strong NW'ly, low cloud and a mixture […] Read More...
Thursday 2nd. Another sunny, blue sky day but with the airfield still wet, flying was limited to a single Flake flight, Bruce Grain/Harris Hobson 38 minute flight being local and including a couple of touch and go landings. Friday 3rd. A light WNW'ly blew all day under blue skies and, with the airfield operational with […] Read More...
