Monday 1st. 5 mm of frontal rain overnight left a legacy of low cloud that delayed the start of flying until early afternoon. However, the fronts passage and the resultant clearance had left the site in a moderate Wly flow, so an afternoon of winching and hill soaring resulted. The day's 6 winch launches all […] Read More...
Friday 29th. An Atlantic front brought wet and windy conditions to site, the front clearing the site around 1300 hrs as the moderate to fresh SSE'ly progressively veered into the SW, declining to light to moderate late in the day but the conditions improved too late to allow any flying. Saturday 30th. Another wet morning […] Read More...
Thursday 28th. The synoptic situation had changed little, so the moderate to fresh SSW/SW'ly wind continued to bring in a low overcast that meant a non-flying day, albeit another unseasonably mild one. The front that had been stalled over the western side of the UK eventually made progress eastwards, with rain reaching the site around […] Read More...
Monday 25th. A light to moderate SW'ly veered into the WSW and strengthened to become moderate providing soaring opportunities via hill lift and weak wave, albeit with a number of showers that meant a wetting for some. 25 ATs were flown off runway 24 with all but 2 landings on the same runway. The […] Read More...
Sunday 24th. A cloudy, moderate SSE'ly airstream blew all day, a weak front bringing light rain and drizzle at times around the middle of the day. The only launch saw Toby Wilson and a First Flight pupil have 18 minutes in the DG500, the release height of around 1800' QFE due to cloud no doubt […] Read More...
Saturday 23rd Oct. With low pressure to the NW and high pressure to the east a mild and moderate SSW/S'ly blew at site, generally cloudy skies being the result of the moist airstream. Launching was delayed until around 1130 hrs by low cloud but then continued until just before 1700 hrs by which time 11 […] Read More...
Friday 22nd. A moderate to fresh WNW veered into the NNE and became light over the course of the flying day, as a ridge of high pressure crossed the country bringing sunny periods. An AT off runway 24 by Bruce Grain and Andrew Bedford in K21 KLW around 1130 hrs, this lasting for 22 minutes, […] Read More...
Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th. Monday and Tuesday were days of low cloud and rain, the latter light and patchy all day on Monday and heavier, but confined to the morning on Tuesday, as on both days a light to moderate/moderate SSE/SE blew. Consequently there was no flying. Wednesday 20th. A frontal system brought rain […] Read More...
Saturday 16th. A light to moderate flow from the SSE, slowly becoming ESE, brought in overcast skies. Initially the cloud base, at around 1800' QFE, was high enough for Toby Wilson and Jamie Quartermaine to attempt to give some of the day's First Flight pupils an experience of gliding. However, after 3 launches off runway […] Read More...
Friday 15th. A sunny day, saw Cumulus blossom in the afternoon, allowing 2-3 hours of soaring as a initially moderate N'ly backed into the south over the course of the day, becoming light, cloud base eventually reaching around 4,000' asl. 24 ATs were flown off runway 02 behind the Pawnees, resulting in 11 flights of […] Read More...
