Saturday 23rd. With High Pressure to the NW and Low Pressure to the south, the persistent NE'ly flow prevailed, keeping temperatures in the mid teens in spite of virtually unbroken sunshine. The strength of wind, moderate to fresh, was the main factor in there being no flying. Sunday 24th. Little change in the synoptic situation […] Read More...
Thursday 21st. A moderate NNE'ly with thermal activity provided some local soaring but no cross countries after flying commenced shortly after 1000 hrs off runway 06. The day's total of 27 launches included 6 for First Flight pupils and 5 for private owners, the latter accounting for the only flight of over an hour and […] Read More...
Wednesday 20th. The light to moderate NNE wind slowly veered into the SE causing operations to switch from runway 02 to 20, while the majority of landings were on 20 with 06 also used. The day's launch total of 10, showed a large contrast in flight times, with the only 2 private owners to fly, […] Read More...
Saturday 16th. Extensive low cloud delayed the start of flying until around 1330 hrs, with 2 Falke flights opening proceedings before ATs commenced around1350 hrs with Kelly Teagle/Adam Sayer taking to the skies off runway 20 as a moderate SSE'ly blew. Towards the end of the day Adam flew the only solo flight of the […] Read More...
Wednesday 13th. The wind direction and strength were WSW and light to moderate/moderate and although the wind was not strong enough to allow winching, it did provide hill lift and, with the assistance of some thermal activity, generated 2 flights of over an hour and 4 more of over 30 minutes, although the start of […] Read More...
Monday 11th. A moderate SE'ly soon increased to moderate to fresh and backed into the ESE, so that after an 18 minute flight in K21 JVZ for Guy Harland and a First Flight pupil, flying was abandoned for the day. Tuesday 12th. A flabby low sent a band of rain northwards this arriving at site […] Read More...
Sunday 10th. The light to moderate wind had switched into the SSE as a depression made slow progress towards the UK, its high level cloud slowly thickening as the day progressed, but still allowing Cumulus development that delivered 4 cross country flights. The longest of these was Rob Bailey's 230 km in his ASG29t, taking […] Read More...
Thursday 7th. A moderate to fresh and at times strong NW'ly peppered with showers meant there was no flying. Friday 8th. The depression that had given Thursday's strong winds had moved away eastwards leaving the site in an arctic air mass, as a moderate/moderate to fresh N'ly blew. Operations were off runway 02 with 18 […] Read More...
Tuesday 5th. The site was still in a warm sector, so it was of day of overcast skies, above average temperatures and a moderate to fresh W'ly. The overcast was sufficiently high to allow flying, with 5 winch launches off runway 24 flown, the limited launch total being not weather related but due to demand. […] Read More...
Sunday 3rd. A combination of a good soaring and weekend day meant it was a busy at Sutton and thanks are due to the duty team, who ensured that those who wanted to fly to make the most of the conditions were able to do so. A light WNW opened the day, this increasing to […] Read More...
