Your reporter was away for most of the above period and was not able to collect the usual amount of data/information on flying/soaring at Sutton. Therefore the following report will be a more general summary with a few highlights gleaned from the BGA Ladder/OLC and personal emails. Monday 14th. A day of low cloud and […] Read More...
Sunday 13th. A generally cloudy day as a moderate SSW/SW'ly blew, the day's 30 ATs off runway 20 yielding 12 flights of 30 minutes or more, but with only one of more than an hour. Weak hill and thermal lift were used by a number of pilots with Bob's 3:06 in his Discus 2ct being […] Read More...
Thursday 10th. A light to moderate SSE'ly advected a warm, humid air mass over the UK, the maximum temperature at local RAF Leeming reaching 27.3C. The day was generally cloudy, although there were occasional brighter spells with Cumulus, but the conditions made soaring difficult and the only pilots to have greater than an hour all […] Read More...
Wednesday 9th. A light to moderate W'ly blew all day with 29 ATs off runway 24, the day providing mainly thermal soaring under predominately cloudy skies but with some wave too, especially in the afternoon. The Task Week competitors flew a task based on a tennis match, having to visit successive TP's first to one […] Read More...
Monday 7th. A moderate W'ly blew all day with the day's 33 ATs off runway 24, delivering 25 flights of over 30 minutes with 19 of these over an hour. The Task Week competitors were set a task based on visiting TPs in Parliamentary constituencies in the north of England, with the object being to […] Read More...
Sunday 6th. After the rain and low cloud of the past couple of day, Sunday dawned sunny and clear but Cumulus soon formed, soon spreading out to give 8/8ths, albeit with some Cumulus underneath. The wind, a moderate N'y that slowly veered into the NNE and decreased to light to moderate, led to operations off […] Read More...
Friday 4th. A slow moving convergence over Eastern England led to a day of periods of rain, torrential at times, and low cloud, as light to moderate NNW'ly veered into the N, so there was no flying. Saturday 5th. Storm Antoni brought a day of low cloud and periods of rain, although not the strong […] Read More...
Thursday 3rd. The departing depression left the site in a cloudy, light to moderate NNW/N'ly flow, this decreasing to light towards the end of the flying day. 11 ATs were flown off runway 02, including 4 for First Flight pupils, but the conditions meant that there was only one flight of over an hour and […] Read More...
Saturday 29th. A light to moderate SSW'ly slowly veered and strengthened to become a moderate to fresh WSW'ly resulting in a day of 21 ATs, 8 winch launches and a single Falke flight. A shower caused a half hour delay in flying shortly after operations commenced, but thereafter conditions improved with 2-3 kt thermals to […] Read More...
Wednesday 26th A light to moderate WSW'ly slowly backed into the SSW'ly as a front approached from the west, the generally cloudy skies producing rain in the early evening. 19 ATs were flown off runway 24 which was also used for landings, with the convective conditions leading to 11 flights of over 30 minutes and […] Read More...
