Wednesday 8th. The day dawned with sunny conditions to the North and a high overcast to the south as a depression tracked eastwards bringing snow to southern England, the light to moderate N'ly eventually becoming E'ly. The morning was sufficiently soarable to provide limited cross country opportunities as light snow eventually arrived putting a stop […] Read More...
Monday 6th. An initally light to moderate W'ly soon veered into the NW and increased to moderate to fresh, ruling out any hope of flying. Its subsequent decline to light came too late for any flying on a predominately cloudy day that developed into an medium level overcast from mid afternoon. Tuesday 7th. A weak […] Read More...
Sunday 5th. A light and variable wind varying between WSW and NE and a high overcast, led to a day of circuits, all off runway 24, with landings on any of runways 24, 20 or 02 , 14 ATs being flown. Most of the pilots elected to take 1000' to 1500' tows, and, with […] Read More...
Friday 3rd. Another day of light to moderate N/NNE'ly winds and overcast skies as the high pressure remained in place. The overcast affected release heights at times, but some patches of lift were found, enabling some flights to briefly arrest their descent and extend flight times. The first 3 flights of the day were for […] Read More...
Thursday 2nd. A light NNE'ly blew all day as the high pressure showed signs of weakening, but still fed in overcast skies which, although not preventing flying, limited tow heights to typically 1300' QFE, although 2 of the 8 flown on the day did get to 1700' and 1900' QFE. Due to the low […] Read More...
Sunday 26th. The high pressure situated over the UK had moved slightly, so the light to moderate, cold wind was now from the NE, bringing in low cloud and light showers at times. These conditions contributed to a launch total of 1 AT, although a lack of members may have also contributed. The single day's […] Read More...
Thursday 23rd. A light to moderate NNW'ly blew for most of the day, only backing into the W later. Cu blossomed mid morning and provided sufficient lift from around the middle of day to early afternoon to allow some soaring flights, including the first thermal cross country of the year. This was by Rob Bailey […] Read More...
Tuesday 21st. A light to moderate SW/SSW'ly blew all day with overcast skies, the low base initially delaying the start of flying until around midday. Thereafter, the base eventually rose to around 2,000' asl, although a brief clearance made an appearance around mid afternoon. 15 launches off runway 24 with landings on 20 were split […] Read More...
Sunday 19th. A moderate and at times moderate to fresh WSW'ly blew all day, as initially sunny skies clouded over from mid afternoon. 14 ATs were flown off runway 24 with all 3 two seaters, Astir DPO and the Discus flown. The initial 5 flights were straight descents from release height, but then Arthur Docherty […] Read More...
Thursday 16th. An shallow low and its attendant fronts brought a day of low cloud and bits and pieces of rain so there was no flying. Friday 17th. The first named storm of the winter, Otto, brought strong winds and some overnight rain as it tracked eastwards just to the N of Scotland. Leeming recording […] Read More...
