Friday 2nd. A light to moderate NE'ly slowly veered into the ESE so that initial operations off runway 06 were replaced by operations of runway 20. The cloud amounts varied throughout the day, with limited periods of soarable conditions that led to only 5 flights of over 30 minutes out of the day's total of […] Read More...
Tuesday 30th. The continuing flow from the NNE brought in overcast skies and although cloud base was high enough to allow flying, the cloud was thick enough to prevent any significant convection and also to produce some light drizzle at times. In spite of this, the day's launch total reached 30, mainly due to the […] Read More...
Thursday 25th. A light to moderate NW'ly blew all day as a medium level as low cloud delayed the start of flying until late morning and then restricted any soaring opportunities until late afternoon when the cloud broke up and some good soaring conditions developed. ATs off runway 24 numbered 24, with most landings on […] Read More...
Monday 22nd. An approaching weak front brought low cloud with rain from early afternoon, the lowering cloud restricting flying to 3 ATs off runway 20 by mid day as a light to moderate SSW'ly to SSE'ly blew. All three flights were for First Flight pupils with Guy Hartland being their instructor. Tuesday 23rd. Cloudy skies […] Read More...
Saturday 20th. An initially light to moderate WSW'ly meant ATs off runway 24, but with the wind speed increasing to become moderate to fresh, winching became the norm after 5 ATs, with the day's overall launch total 25. Although 16 of the day's flights exceeded 30 minutes and 9 an hour, the wind speed meant […] Read More...
Tuesday 16th. A light N'ly in the morning strengthened to become moderate in the afternoon, causing a change of runway before operations ceased at around 1400 hrs. Some thermal activity led to cross country flying, with visitors Johnson & Hollowell having 1:34 in their DG1000t as they did an O/R to Strensall, just N of […] Read More...
Sunday 14th. The persistent high pressure of the last 10 days or so was now showing signs of slipping away, but skies remained blue but increasingly hazy and the maximum temperature at nearby RAF Leeming reached 30.2C. A light and variable wind led to operations off runway 20 behind the Eurofox or Pawnee, with the […] Read More...
Thursday 11th. Another hot, blue day at site, with occasional afternoon Cumulus over the Pennines and a light SSE'ly blowing, this slowly veering into the SSW during the day. 27 ATs were flown off runway 20 behind the Eurofox, with 10 flights of over 30 minutes and 7 of these greater than an hour. 2 […] Read More...
Wednesday 10th. The synoptic situation remained essentially, the same, so it was another blue day with light winds mainly from the SSE but tending to veer into the SW and the maximum temperature at Leeming climbing to just under 30C. Flying got under way around 1020 hrs off runway 20, the early flights finding no […] Read More...
Sunday 7th. A light to moderate W'ly blew all day but not of sufficient strength for winching, the day's 22 AT launches resulting in 17 flights of over 30 minutes with 7 over an hour, wave being a feature of many of these. Nobody went too far but those climbing to over 5,000' asl included […] Read More...
