Tuesday 31st. A moderate to fresh WSW'ly blew all day gusting into the high30 kts, as a cold front approached from the north, the cloud base slowly lowering, with rain from 1700 hrs, justifying the previous day's decision to scrub flying. Wednesday 1st. Tuesday's rain continued into Wednesday morning with skies clearing around midday, the […] Read More...
Monday 30th. Although the day was bright with generally high cloud, the moderate to fresh WSW'ly proved to be too strong and gusty for flying to continue after John Carter/Ian McFarlane had a winch launched, 13 minute, weather check flight in K21 KLW. So that concluded flying at Sutton for 2024 as a forecast of […] Read More...
Saturday 28th. Another day with fog in the valleys surrounding the site as a light SE'ly blew. The fog showed signs of lifting into low cloud with a few sunny intervals developing, but none of these were long enough to permit any flying. Sunday 29th. A moderate and at times gusty WSW'ly blew all day […] Read More...
Monday 23rd. A light to moderate WNW'ly slowly backed into the SW with the day's 11 ATs shared between K21 KLW and Astir DSU, Martin Newbery's 32 minutes in DSU being the longest of the day and the only flight over 30 minutes. The next best was John Forrester's 20 minutes in the same glider, […] Read More...
Sunday 22nd. Another non-flying day due to the fresh and gusty NNW'ly, the result of the low to the north of Scotland drifting east as it started to fill. Read More...
Friday 20th. A light to moderate SW'ly brought in overcast skies after a bright but cloudy start, with flying confined to a single sortie in the Falke, Les Rayment/ Jamie Quartermaine having 41 minutes, although due to a lack of recorded Flarm data, where they went is not known. Saturday 21st. A deep low tracking […] Read More...
Wednesday 18th. A forecast of strong winds during the morning led to the day being scrubbed. Thursday 19th. The passage of a cold front led to a forecast of overnight rain, a day of sunny skies, low temperatures and crucially, for the prospect of flying, a forecast for a NW/WNW'ly wind that was sufficiently strong […] Read More...
Saturday 14th A sunny start with a light WNW'ly blowing allowed 12 ATs off runway 24, although the temperamental Flarm receiver only recorded the 2 flights of the DG500, both by John Carter/James Prosser, the first an aborted launch and the second of 19 minutes which included a couple of O/Rs to High Paradise Farm […] Read More...
Thursday 12th. The NE'ly wind continued to decrease as did the base of the overcast to below hill top height, while its depth increased sufficiently to produce drizzle and result in the day being scrubbed. Friday 13th. A similar murky and drizzly day to Thursday, the initially light wind slowly dying away to become calm, […] Read More...
Monday 9th. Storm Darragh had departed leaving a moderate NE'ly that brought in an overcast off the North Sea that was, however, high enough to allow flying to take place. This amounted to 3 flights in K21 KLW and 1 in Astir DSU, while the Falke had a couple of flights. Guy Hartland/Natalia Swaekaert found […] Read More...
