Friday 27th. Another soaring day with hill, thermal and wave, as a moderate SSW'ly slowly veered into the SW, skies being generally cloudy, with rain visible over the Pennines. The day's AT total from runway 20 was 20, this including 4 for first flight pupils and 5 for private owners and only 1 flight in […] Read More...
Thursday 26th. A moderate and at times moderate to fresh WSW'ly that slowly veered into the W, was accompanied initially by generally cloudy skies that brought a few showers with skies brightening later. The day's flying was via 17 winch launches off runway 24, these leading to 12 flights of over 30 minutes with 4 […] Read More...
Tuesday 24th. A weak front brought low cloud and some light rain in the morning, so the start of flying was delayed until early afternoon, but, with the Tuesday evening group active and flying until just after 20:00 hrs, 12 winch launches were flown off runway 24 into a moderate WSW'ly. Pilots made use of […] Read More...
Sunday 22nd, A moderate and at times moderate to fresh SW'ly meant a winching day off runway 24 with 18 launches, resulting in 10 flights over 30 minutes with 6 of these over an hour, as pilots uses hill, thermal and some weak wave. Thermal conditions meant climbs to around 3,000' to 4,000' asl and […] Read More...
Saturday 21st. A thundery afternoon was forecast, as a cold front made eastwards progress across the UK. In the event it clouded in as a moderate SSE'ly blew, but the rain that fell in the afternoon was very light, although the day turned quite gloomy and threatening. The day's flying commenced at 1030 hrs when […] Read More...
Friday 20th. A hot and humid, moderate SSE'ly flow brought a maximum temperature of 29,2C in Thirsk, but didn't do much for soaring opportunities under an overcast sky with isolated ragged Cumulus underneath. The day's 20 ATs and a self launch off runway 20 only led to 4 flights of 30 minutes or more, although […] Read More...
Wednesday 18th. A light to moderate W'ly blew all day, the 28 ATs and 1 self launch off runway 24 including 4 for First Flight Pupils and the departure of visitor Henry Ellingham from Pocklington, who had landed earlier in his Pegase from there. A cloud base of around 5,000' asl, average peak thermal strengths […] Read More...
Monday 16th. The moderate WSW'ly continued to blow, bringing another day of hill, thermal and wave lift, the day's 18 ATs, including 4 for First Flight pupils, resulting in 16 flights over 30 minutes of which 9 exceeded an hour, 3 of the latter being in club aircraft. 6 flights contacted wave, with peak altitudes […] Read More...
Friday 13th. A moderate SSW'ly slowly declined to light to moderate on a sunny day with isolated medium cloud and a thin high cover, the temperature in Topcliffe peaking at 25C. Soaring via hill, thermal and blue wave resulted in 19 of the day's 25 ATs off runway 20 exceeding 30 minutes with 13 over […] Read More...
Tuesday 10th. A moderate to fresh WNW'ly slowly declined in strength to become light to moderate on a day with good Cumulus, the wind strenght initially delaying the start of flying until 1300 hrs, but the good soaring conditions then allowing a couple of 300's to be flown. Operations were off runway 24, the day's […] Read More...
