Wednesday 15th. A weakening cold front crossed the site during the afternoon, brightening skies arriving later as a light to moderate SSE'ly veered into the WSW. Flying commenced around 1115 hrs off runway 20, but was hampered by lowering cloud and ceased after 6 launches, all in K21 JVZ. Member C Stadward had 2 flights […] Read More...
Monday 13th. A low overcast persisted all day as a light to moderate SSW'ly slowly backed into the SSE. The 1,700' asl cloud base restricted launches to around 800' QFE, with Guy Hartland/Steve Morgan in K21 JVZ having both of the day's 2 ATs with an average flight time of 5 minutes. Tuesday 14th. A […] Read More...
Sunday 12th. A medium level overcast did not prevent flying, this commencing around 1030 hrs off runway 24 as Dave McKinney/Stewart Wallace took the DG500 for an 18 minute flight, before landing back on runway 20 as a light to moderate SSW'ly blew after having demonstrated that the hill was not working. This set the […] Read More...
Saturday 11th. A light to moderate W'ly blew all day under generally sunny skies, with some early year thermals providing opportunities for soaring along with hill lift and some weak wave. 19 ATs were flown, of which 12 led to flights of over 30 minutes, with 5 of these over an hour, the conditions tempting […] Read More...
Friday 10th. A moderate WSW'ly soon veered into the west and strengthened slightly, so it was again a winching day with members continuing to familiarise themselves with the new winching operation. The day's 13 launches off runway 24 yielded 2 flights of 30 minutes and a further 4 between 22 and 28 minutes. These flights […] Read More...
Monday 6th. Another sunny day with the light to moderate ESE'ly soon veering into the SSW. 14 ATs were flown behind the Pawnee with runway 24 being used for launching and 20 for landings. Lift was hard to come by, so most flights were of limited duration, but Polly Whitehead flying K21 JVZ solo was […] Read More...
Friday 3rd. A moderate and at times moderate to fresh W'ly blew all day, with 24 winch launches off and landings on runway 24 with the occasional landing on 20. The majority of launches were for familiarisation with short flight times, but 1 flight exceeded an hour and 5 were between 30 and 60 minutes. […] Read More...
Thursday 2nd A moderate to fresh W/WSW'ly blew all day, with winching off runway 24 commencing around 1120 hrs and continuing until 1615 hrs. 17 launches being flown. The ridge up to High Paradise Farm was working well, although most pilots didn't stray far from the main bowl, with most flights able to maintain 1,000' […] Read More...
Sunday 29th. A moderate to fresh W'ly with accompanying clear skies saw 10 ATs off runway 24 before flying came to a halt in the early afternoon as a lowering overcast prevailed. A mixture of hill and wave lift led to 6 flights of over 30 minutes with 3 of these over an hour, Sarah […] Read More...
Thursday 26th. A moderate N'ly brought in a low overcast and a few showers, so there was no flying. Friday 27th. The N'ly wind had decreased in strength to light, but the low overcast persisted until around 1500 hrs, when clearer skies arrived, this change also resulting in the wind backing into the WNW. The […] Read More...
