Sunday 3rd. A day of no flying as a flabby low slowly tracked N across the UK bringing heavy early morning rain and low cloud to North Yorkshire and continuing low cloud and patchy light rain/drizzle as a light to moderate N'ly blew. Read More...
Saturday 2nd. The high pressure had started to decline, with thin high cover progressively invading from the SW and Cumulus continuing to form underneath. Cloud base rose from around 3,200' asl to around 4,000' asl away from the site but remained around 3,200' asl locally, with moderate peak average climb rates locally but higher elsewhere […] Read More...
Wednesday 29th. A moderate E'ly blew under clear blue skies, the strong inversion making any thermal activity weak and height limited. Flying was limited to 4 ATs in K21 JVZ and 2 XC Falke flights off runway 06, with the only glider flight over 30 minutes being the 31 minutes flown by Andreas Rieder with […] Read More...
Monday 27th. A sunny start to the day as a moderate NNE'ly blew soon produced some good looking Cumulus before the day clouded over and the wind backed into the N, the cloud dissipating by late afternoon. The early conditions provided all the day's soaring flights, with all 7 flights over 30 minutes taking place […] Read More...
Sunday 26th. Another sunny, dry, essentially blue day, with some patchy Cirrus at times but not much in the way of lift, so the day's 13 ATs off runway 20 were all up round and down affairs with duration based on release height. It was however a good day for the 7 First Flight pupils […] Read More...
Saturday 26th. The high pressure remained in place, but had shifted its position so that a moderate NNW'ly blew under sunny skies with some Cirrus making the sunshine hazy at times. 20 ATs and 4 Falke flights off runway 02, with an occasional landing on 06, constituting flying on the day, with some moderate thermal […] Read More...
Monday 20th. Low cloud coming in off the cold North Sea delayed the start of flying until around 1230 hrs when Chris Collingham/Ian Miskin took off in the Falke for a 30 minute flight under the overcast from runway 20, the wind being light to moderate ESE which backed to become ENE. The cloud then […] Read More...
Saturday 18th. A moderate W'ly blew all day so operations were principally off runway 24 via 12 winch launches, but 7 ATs were also flown, with 5 of these for First Flight pupils. A combination of hill and thermal soaring led to 12 flights of over 30 minutes, with 3 over an hour, the latter […] Read More...
Tuesday 14th. A moderate SSE'ly blew all day, with increasing cloudiness as the day progressed and a few showers developing. Thermal activity was generally weak, with peak average climb rates around 2 kts and with cloud base at 3,500' asl, most of the 24 ATs off runway 20 stayed local, with the area over the […] Read More...
Saturday 11th. A forecast of bands of rain crossing the area with limited flying opportunities between, led to the day being scrubbed. Sunday 12th. A moderate to fresh SSW'ly slowly declined to become a moderate WSW'ly, with 8 ATs starting from the early afternoon from runway 24 and landings on either 24 or 20. A […] Read More...
