Saturday 7th. With no flying to report, other than leaves. branches etc, the weather took precedent. The main rain band accompanied by rapidly increasing winds from Storm Darragh arrived around midday after a deceptively quiescent morning as the storm's centre (978.8 mb at site) crossed the north of England. By the end of the day […] Read More...
Friday 6th. The light SE'ly slowly increased to moderate and skies became increasingly hazy as Storm Darrah approached from the Atlantic, intensifying as it did. The day's 7 ATs off runway 20 saw Steve and Eileen Scothern each have 2 flights in K21 JVZ with Graham Cooksey and Yuri Kozhevrov have 2 flights in Astir […] Read More...
Monday 2nd. A day of low cloud, occasional rain and a moderate NW'ly wind meant there was no flying. Tuesday 3rd. A light SEE'ly blew all day with patchy, medium level cloud on an otherwise bright day. A lack of any lift meant it was a day of extended circuits, with flight times of […] Read More...
Friday 29th. A moderate and at times moderate to fresh SSE/SE'ly blew all day, with sunny intervals due to patchy medium level cloud. The only flying was an O/R to Rufforth by the Falke, with a few touch and go landings there. Saturday 30th. The now light to moderate wind continued to blow from the […] Read More...
Wednesday 27th. Developing storm Conell passed across the south of the UK with the result that the weather at site was initially sunny but soon clouded in with rain in the afternoon, the wind being a light to moderate NNW'ly. The low cloud and rain meant there was no flying. Thursday 28th. A transient ridge […] Read More...
Tuesday 26th. With Storm Bert now well out of the way, a sunny day with a light to moderate SW'ly that slowly veered into the W resulted in 13 AT's off runway 24, the majority of landings being on 20, while the Falke had 2 flights. Hill lift and some weak wave were used […] Read More...
Sunday 24th. Storm Bert was still exerting its influence on the UK's weather, with locally, another wet morning that left the airfield unfit for flying, although the wind had become a moderate WSW'ly and the afternoon cleared to sunny intervals. Monday 25th. The mild and moderate WSW'ly continued to blow, bringing in a number of […] Read More...
Monday 18th. A sunny start was followed by increasing cloudiness as a light/variable, mainly NNE'ly blew, the day's flying being restricted to 4 ATs in K21 JVZ, all circuits, mainly off 1100' tows with 3 of these by Simon Altman/Yuri Kozhevrov and a self launch by Les Rayment in his DG808. This activity was complemented […] Read More...
Sunday 17th. The NW'ly flow continued but had weakened to light and flying commenced just after 1000am off runway 24. Flying came to a halt in the early afternoon due to low cloud and light rain/drizzle after 12 ATs, with some weak lift in front of Hood Hill enabling a couple of flights to exceed […] Read More...
Friday 15th. Low cloud brought in on a moderate WSW'ly meant there was no flying. Saturday 16th. The passage of a weak cold front during the morning, left the site in an increasingly cold, light to moderate, NW'ly flow, the start of flying being delayed until around midday as the skies slowly cleared. Thereafter, 11 […] Read More...
