Sunday 14th. A moderate WSW'ly blew all day with convection, hill lift and some wave providing soaring opportunities, this being reflected in the fact that 36 of the day's 40 launches, 27 by AT and 13 by winch, led to flights of over 30 minutes with 18 over an hour. The day's longest flight was […] Read More...
Friday 12th. A weak warm front brought a low overcast, but no rain, the low cloud delaying the start of flying until midday when Clive Swain/Nigel Walklett's AT in K21 JVZ found cloud base to be still around 1100' QFE, the consequent return to earth coming after 10 minutes. A pause in glider activity then […] Read More...
Tuesday 9th. Heavy rain in the early hours and during the afternoon, plus accompanying low cloud ensured there was no flying, the light to moderate SSE'ly veering into the WNW as the clearance arrived late in the day. Wednesday 10th. A bright if overcast start to the day soon faded as a weak Atlantic front […] Read More...
Sunday 7th. A moderate to moderate to fresh SSW'ly blew all day, with mid 30 kt gusts, and while the morning was dry, the afternoon brought some heavy showers as troughs crossed the area. The latter only added to the waterlogged state of the airfield, so there was no flying. Monday 8th. Short periods of […] Read More...
Friday 5th, A further 8.6 mm of rain fell during the early hours of Friday, adding to the 28.9 mm that had fallen since Monday. Consequently, the airfield was waterlogged and un-useable. Saturday 6th. 11.1 mm of early morning rain from storm Kathleen kept the airfield waterlogged and, if that wasn't enough to prevent flying, […] Read More...
Thursday 4th. Wednesday's heavy rain led to a soggy airfield and this plus a low overcast for most of the day ruled out any glider flying except for the Falke which had 3 flights, two with Bruce Grain/John Forrester and one with Paul Whitehead/Guy Hartland. With a light NNW/N'ly blowing Bruce/John's first flight took off […] Read More...
Tuesday 2nd. A murky start to the day delayed the commencement of flying until lunchtime, but thereafter, 35 ATs were flown off runway 20, the first outing of the 2024 Tuesday evening group extending flying until 19:40 hrs. A light SE'ly eventually veered into the W, but lift was hard to come by under generally […] Read More...
Thursday 28th. A deepening low pressure centred in the SW Approaches brought heavy showers and an increasingly strong SE'ly wind so there was no flying. Friday 29th. A light to moderate S'ly blew all day, bringing in some isolated showers in the afternoon with low cloud reducing launch heights in the morning. However, by the […] Read More...
Tuesday 26th. A light N'ly steadily increased to light to moderate as a high overcast persisted for most of the day. Operations started off on runway 20, but soon switched to 02 with 11 ATs completed, all in either one of K21s JVZ and KLW. First Flight pupils accounted for 4 of the day's flights […] Read More...
Saturday 23th, The depression centred to the N of Scotland had moved closer, the W'ly wind at Sutton increasing to fresh, with 30-40 kt gusts so, in spite of the sunny intervals, there was no flying. Sunday 24th. The depression had moved off the east, veering the moderate to fresh wind into the NW, a […] Read More...
