Thursday 7th. The Azores high started to make its presence felt with a light to moderate NW'ly that slowly backed into the W, convection being quite broken and tending to go blue. leading to some difficulties for those on cross countries. Chris Teagle in his Kestrel 19 did an O/R to Pocklington, being stuck over […] Read More...
Sunday 3rd. A light to moderate W'ly blew all day with 13 AT's off runway 24, all but 2 of which led to flights of over 30 minutes, with 11 > an hour, the longest of which was 2:44 by Bob Calvert in his Discus 2. Toby Wilson in his Standard Cirrus was the only […] Read More...
Saturday 2nd. A morning of heavy showers associated with a cold front as a moderate/moderate to fresh WSW'ly blew, one of the showers drenching the site and delaying the start of flying until around 1230 hrs. Thereafter, 10 ATs were flown off runway 24, principally for the day's 5 First Flight pupils, but also to […] Read More...
Friday 1st. A light to moderate/moderate W/WSW'ly blew bringing in isolated heavy showers, these restricting flying to 1 flight in the Falke, and a launch off 24 by Bob Calvert in his Discus 2t behind the Eurofox. Although Bob was aloft for 1:48 his trace is unavailable so there are no further details. Read More...
Thursday 30th. Overnight rain was followed by a day of isolated showers, as a light, initially SSE'ly blew, this soon veering into the SW. The showers didn't interfere with flying, which, commencing just before 1100 hrs, totalled 22 off runway 24, runway 20 being used for landing. Generally cloudy skies limited extended flights to 7 […] Read More...
Tuesday 28th. A moderate/moderate to fresh S'ly blew all day providing lift in the form of thermals, hill and some weak wave. With the Tuesday evening group again active, flying commenced at around 1050 hrs and continued until around 1920 hrs, with 21 ATs off runway 20. 8 of these lasted over 30 minutes with […] Read More...
Monday 27th. A cold front with its cloud and rain delayed the start of flying until the early afternoon, but the post front clearance provided some good soaring conditions with hill, thermal and a suspicion of wave lift. 7 ATs were flown off runway 24, with an occasional landing on 20. Cloud base rose to […] Read More...
Saturday 25th. A moderate/moderate to fresh S'ly slowly veered into the SSE as the day progressed, the strength of the wind providing a few problems for those flying cross country in addition to the more usual ones of spreadout and blue holes. Flying got underway around 1015 hrs as Chris Handzlik took his DG300 […] Read More...
Thursday 23rd. A light to moderate S'ly that tended to veer into the SSE later in the day meant operations off 20, Cumulus development to the north and over the Pennines not extending to over the site until after midday. Initial 2 seater only launches in the morning were joined by a rush of private […] Read More...
Tuesday 21st. A light to moderate S'ly slowly veered into the NNE over the course of a sunny day, with Cumulus tending to spread out. The wind change caused 2 redeployments, the original operations off runway 24, with landings on 20, changing in the mid afternoon to operations off 02 and then off 06 around […] Read More...
