Thursday 9th. A generally cloudy, but bright day following the passage of a cold front, with a moderate SW'ly that slowly veered into the W, resulted in 12 winch launches and landings on runway 24, none of which exceeded an hour, but with 3 exceeding 30 minutes.. Most flights used the lift in the home […] Read More...
Wednesday 8th. A light to moderate SSE'ly veered into the W in the late afternoon under milky skies with lift hard to find. The day's 18 ATs off runway 20 only led to 2 flights of over 30 minutes and none over an hour, with a high tow or engine assistance being the reason for […] Read More...
Monday 6th. Blue skies and a light to moderate SE'ly led to a busy day at Sutton with 34 ATs, 1 self launch and 1 Falke take off from runway 20. The moderate thermal strengths, typically up to 2.5 kts and blue thermals were used for soaring, with cloud base rising to around 5,000' asl […] Read More...
Tuesday 31st. A busy day at the launchpoint on runway 24, with 23 ATs and a single Falke flight, as a moderate WNW'ly slowly backed into the WSW. 13 of the day's flights exceeded 30 minutes, with 9 of these over an hour, including 5 by all the private owners who launched, most of whom […] Read More...
Monday 30th. A day of broken cloud, but with a moderate to fresh and, at times, fresh NW'ly blowing, it was a non flying day. Read More...
Sunday 29th. A moderate to fresh and at times strong SW'ly slowly veered into the WNW on a generally cloudy day with rain in the early evening followed by showers. Flying was confined to a single winch launch off runway 24, with Toby Wilson/Bas Sonnefeld having 31 minutes in K21 KLW soaring the home bowl […] Read More...
Saturday 29th. A fresh WNW'ly provided some uncertainties about flying but, in the event, after an investigative launch by Toby Wilson/James Shaw in K21 JVZ, a further 4 winch launches were taken off runway 24. All found good lift on the main W'ly ridge, with peak operating heights around1,600' QFE, but a number of attempts […] Read More...
Friday 27th. Low cloud and rain in the morning cleared sufficiently for flying to commence around 1400 hrs, with Chris Teagle taking the 1st of the day's 6 ATs off runway 24 into a moderate W'ly, a flying list that comprised two First Flight pupils, 2 private owners, and members in a club 2 seater […] Read More...
Wednesday 25th. The passage of an active cold front left the site in an unstable, fresh/fresh to strong WNW'ly with occasional heavy rain and hail showers, so there was no flying. Thursday 26th. A transient ridge of high pressure produced good soaring conditions with a 6,000' asl cloudbase and strong thermals, but this didn't last […] Read More...
Tuesday 23rd. A moderate to fresh, and at times fresh SW'ly, gusting into the mid 30 kts as an active cold front crossed the area from early afternoon bringing 14.5 mm of rain, meant there was no flying. Read More...
