Monday 11th. A light and variable but generally SW'ly blew, with 17 ATs and 2 Falke flights from runway 20. A weak warm front provided plenty of cloud but no rain, the conditions limiting soaring flights to 5, of which 2 were over an hour. These were both flown by private owners, visitor Gareth Francis […] Read More...
Sunday 10th. The WSW'ly continued to blow but had decreased to light to moderate and so while operations continued off runway 24, it was an AT'ing day, with 29 launches, 7 for First Flight pupils. Initial Cumulus and a reasonable soaring forecast tempted 12 pilots to fly XC, with 3 of them also contacting wave, […] Read More...
Friday 8th. The wind had backed into the WSW but remained moderate, providing another day of hill, thermal and wave lift, accessed by winching off runway 2, with 34 undertaken. The day produced 26 fights of over 30 minutes, including 21 over an hour, as well as 11 wave climbs to over 7,000' asl and […] Read More...
Wednesday 6th. A moderate WSW'ly blew all day providing lift in the form of hill, thermal and wave and leading to a busy launch point with 36 winch launches off runway 24 of which 31 led to flights of over 30 minutes with 19 of these over an hour. Most pilots stayed local using hill […] Read More...
Friday 1st. A light to moderate NNW/N'ly that slowly increased to moderate brought a mixed day of ATing and winching off runway 02, with the Falke having 3 flights. Soaring flights were hard to come by under the cloudy skies, but John Marsh/Sue Ahearn had 41 minutes soaring in weak thermals in K21 KLW, climbing […] Read More...
Thursday 31st. The light to moderate WNW'ly slowly increased to moderate during the day, but a day of sunny intervals led to 5 flights of over 30 minutes including one over an hour from the day's 7 ATs off runway 24, four of which were for First Flight pupils. The > an hour flight was […] Read More...
Tuesday 29th. A light to moderate NW'ly blew all day, a bright start to the day not lasting very long as cloud cover increased in response to a weak front making slow progress eastwards. Consequently, soaring opportunities were limited with only 3 flights of over 30 minutes, including 1 over an hour. Astir pilots Tomer […] Read More...
Monday 28th. A generally cloudy day, with occasional sunny intervals, brought in on a moderate NW'ly wind that slowly backed into the WNW. In spite of the cloudy conditions, there was enough thermal activity to tempt a couple of private owners to go XC, while locally, there was one flight of over an hour and […] Read More...
Sunday 27th. A mainly cloudy day with some thermal activity as a light to moderate WNW/W'ly blew, generated 12 flights of 30 minutes or more, of which 3 exceeded an hour. All but one of these soaring flights stayed local with peak altitudes around 3,500' to 4100' asl and the best average peak climb rates […] Read More...
Saturday 26th. A light to moderate WNW'ly blew all day, a cloudy start to the day brightening up to provide hazy sunny intervals and limited soaring conditions that meant only 3 of the day's 20 ATs off runway 24 exceeded 30 minutes and none an hour. No private owners flew and all but one launch […] Read More...
