Monday 7th. A sunny start to the day soon disappeared as a medium level overcast spread in on an moderate ESE'ly. 17 AT's were flown off runway 20, the majority being to 1500' QFE or below as the cloud base lowered or pilots took advantage of low cost ATs behind the Eurofox. In the […] Read More...
Saturday 5th. A gusty and at times fresh N'ly wind with showers meant it was a non-flying day. Sunday 6th. The wind had veered into the ENE and decreased to light to moderate, so a full day's flying resulted, operations being primarily off runway 02, although 06 was used occasionally. The anticyclonic conditions led to […] Read More...
Wednesday 2nd. A moderate and at times moderate to fresh ESE'ly blew, bringing in a low overcast that produced bits and pieces of rain and drizzle at times, so there was no flying. Thursday 3rd. The overcast conditions again prevailed with the SE'ly wind steadily declining from moderate to light over the course of the […] Read More...
Tuesday 1st. A light to moderate NNW'ly progressively veered into the ENE over the course of the day, the anticyclonic conditions bringing mainly blue skies, some weak thermals and weak wave adding interest to the day's flying. 25 AT's off runway 02 behind the Eurofox included 5 in total for Dave McKinney and Laurie Clarke […] Read More...
Monday 28th. There was no flying as a slow moving occluded front kept the site in low cloud and rain on and off all day as a moderate SSE'ly blew, this veering into the W and declining to light as a closely following cold front cleared the site as evening came. Read More...
Thursday 24th. A moderate to fresh W'ly brought in a number of wintry showers, the gusty nature of the wind adding to the decision to scrub the day's flying. Friday 25th. An initially light to moderate WNW'ly veered NW'ly and increased to moderate, before backing into the W and declining to light to moderate late […] Read More...
Tuesday 22nd. Another cold front brought rain in the morning, clearing to sunny intervals in the afternoon as a gusty moderate to fresh W'ly blew, the wind speed and gustiness being judged too high to permit any flying. Wednesday 23rd. The persistent collection of low pressure centres to the NW of the UK sent another […] Read More...
Friday 18th. Following hard on the heels of Storm Dudley, Storm Eunice brought around 14 mm of rain overnight and into the afternoon and eventually strong W'ly winds to site, the initial light to moderate SW'ly increasing to fresh with 45 kt gusts. Consequently, there was no flying. Saturday 19th. An initial moderate SW'ly rapidly […] Read More...
Wednesday 16th. Storm Dudley's winds were evident from the word go, increasing from moderate to fresh to fresh to strong over the course of the day, and veering from WSW into the W. It's associated fronts meant it rained from 1100 hrs to 1700 hrs, just adding to the unflyable nature of the day. Thursday […] Read More...
Tuesday 15th. A southwards travelling cold front cleared the site mid-morning, the brightening skies allowing launching to commence around 1130 hrs, Mark German taking the first winch launch off runway 24 in his ASW27 into a initially moderate SSW'ly. This quickly veered into the W and increased to moderate to fresh, before declining to moderate […] Read More...
