Friday 19th. A moderate SSW'ly blew for most of the flying day, only veering into the WSW as a weak cold front made slow progress across the UK bringing increased cloudiness from mid afternoon. The soaring flight was via a mixture of thermal and wave,, with the latter affecting the former, creating tricky conditions for […] Read More...
Thursday 18th. A light to moderate/moderate SSE'ly slowly veered into the S under conditions of hazy sunshine, providing some slow wave climbs off high tows to peak altitudes of around 5,500' asl, with the main recipients being all 3 of the day's First Flight pupils. Nigel Burke was P1 on all 3 flights, contacting the […] Read More...
Wednesday 17th. A moderate to moderate to fresh WSW'ly blew all day, so operations were off runway 24, with 22 ATs and 1 self launch leading to 17 flights of over 30 minutes of which 11 were over an hour, as a good wave day led to 9 climbs to over 5,000' asl, 6 to […] Read More...
Tuesday 16th, A weak occluded front made slow progress across the UK, bringing low cloud to site that delayed the start of flying until early afternoon, when Peter Goodchild took the day's only First Flight pupil for a trip to Helmsley and Thirsk in the Falke. This was followed by 10 ATs in either K21 […] Read More...
Monday 15th. A light ESE/SE'ly gradually increased to moderate, as predominately overcast skies limited soaring opportunities, with only 1 flight of over an hour and no others over 28 minutes from the 18 AT launched off runway 20. The > an hour flight was by Sanjay Nath in his Std Cirrus, one of only two […] Read More...
Sunday 14th. A moderate NNW'ly started the day but soon veered into the NNE, so operations were off runway 02 with 32 ATs flown plus a Falke flight, while the RF5 from Pocklington made a visit before returning there. The day was generally cloudy but with embedded lift and 2 pilots flew XC, but flights […] Read More...
Saturday 13th. A moderate and at times moderate to fresh W'ly blew all day, so winching was the order of the day, with 14 off runway 24, leading to 13 flights of over 30 minutes, with 10 of these over an hour. Lift from hill, thermal and wave was available, but the latter was only […] Read More...
Friday 12th. Cloudy skies and the threat of rain led to a pause in flying after Chris O'Doyle/Amam Tam took an 8 minute flight in K21 JVZ at 1100 hrs. Clearing skies led to the resumption of flying around 1415 hrs, with 5 other winch launches thereafter off runway 24, all of which led to […] Read More...
Thursday 11th. An Atlantic depression brought 8 hours of frontal rain with associated low cloud to the area so there was no flying, the moderate SSE'ly veering into the WSW in the evening. Read More...
Wednesday 10th. A light to moderate W'ly blew all day, so operations were off runway 24 with 13 ATs flown. The day provided mainly thermal soaring, with 6 flights in excess of 30 minutes of which 2 were over an hour, with the flying in either K21 JVZ or the DG1000 plus 2 flights in […] Read More...
