Monday 8th. A day when cloud base rose to between 5 & 6,000' asl with average peak climbs of 4-5 kts as a light to moderate WSW'ly blew, led to 29 ATs, initially off runway 20, but changing later to 24. 11 XC'xs were flown out of the day's 29 soaring flights, with 16 flights […] Read More...
Friday 5th. A thermal day, as a light to moderate WSW'ly blew,omd to a busy launchpoint, with 40 launches off runway24 and landings on 24 and 20. Plenty of lift, with average peak climbs around 5 kts and cloud base rising to around 4,500' asl led to 27 flights of over 30 minutes with 18 […] Read More...
Thursday 4th. A thundery low pressure tracked slowly N'wards over the UK bringing low cloud and some light rain in the morning but a period of intense rainfall in the late afternoon/early evening. The result was that flying was limited to 2 launches in K21 JVZ around lunch time for First Flight pupils that were […] Read More...
Wednesday 3rd. A slow moving depression that tracked north across the UK brought a day of low cloud and spells of rain that meant it was a no flying day. Read More...
Tuesday 2nd. A good soaring day with a light to moderate/moderate SSW'ly and plenty of tall Cumulus that some pilots used for cloud climbs, although initially cloud base was only around 3,000' to 3,500' asl, rising to around 5,000' asl later in the day with average peak climbs around 4 kts, although Dave McKinney found […] Read More...
Monday 1st. A moderate SSE'ly blew to start, but later veered into the SW, resulting in a runway change from 20 to 24 around 1600 hrs. 13 ATs was the day's launch total and with generally cloudy skies, soaring flights of > 30 minutes were limited to 3, with Bob Calvert in his Discus 2ct […] Read More...
Saturday 30th. A moderate, and at times, moderate to fresh S'ly blew all day as front approached from the W, with its rain arriving in the early evening. Conditions before that meant that 9 of the day's 12 ATs and 2 self launches off runway 20 flew for more than 30 minutes, with 8 […] Read More...
Monday 25th. Monday 25th. A sunny day with isolated Cumulus as a light to moderate S'ly blew resulted in 26 launches off runway 20, with 16 flights exceeding 30 minutes and 6 of these over an hour. The launch total included 9 First Flight pupils and 9 private owners, 7 of whom were visitors. The […] Read More...
Saturday 23rd. A day of light and variable winds, mainly from the SSE, and Cumulus under a medium level OVC didn't temp too many people to aviate, with 10 ATs off runway 20 the day's total. The only private owner to fly, Bob Calvert in his Discus 2ct, had just over 2 hours thermal soaring […] Read More...
Thursday 21st. The moderate NNE'ly slowly declined to become light, the initially complete cloud cover slowly breaking up to give occasional brighter periods, without the change providing much in the way of soaring opportunities. Consequently, the 22 ATs off runway 02 only led to 3 flights of over 30 minutes with none over an hour. […] Read More...
