Friday 2nd. Initially sunny skies gradually clouded in as a moderate, NNE'ly blew, operations being off runway 02. 10 ATs were flown, with 5 by private owners and the conditions resulted in 1 flight of over 30 minutes and an additional 5 flights of over an hour. Four of the latter flights were by private […] Read More...
Tuesday 30th. A light to moderate/moderate SSW'ly brought a high of 19.9C to site plus Saharan dust, while thin high cover meant a bright, not sunny day. The conditions were to the liking of the club's instructors and experienced solo pilots,who, after the Covid imposed restrictions, were out in force to take advantage of the […] Read More...
Wednesday 24th. The reduction in cloud amounts as Tuesday progressed was continued into Wednesday, the wind being in the WSW and moderate, so it was another day of winching. There were 19 flights, 13 solo in one of the three club 2 seaters, 2 in the Discus, 2 in the Astir and 2 by Steve […] Read More...
Monday 22nd. The high pressure out to the west of Ireland continued to dominate the UK's weather but with variability in respect of cloud amounts. Monday was a sunny day with the temperature rising to 14.5C as a light WNW'ly blew, this increasing to moderate towards the end of the day. With little prospect of […] Read More...
Thursday 18th to Sunday 21st. The large area of high pressure remained anchored to the west of the UK with the winds at site being light to moderate and predominately from the northern quarter on Thursday and Friday before switching to the western quarter on Saturday and Sunday. Thus Thursday and Friday had a low […] Read More...
Sunday 14th to Tuesday 16th. The strong winds of the previous days slowly moderated with Sunday having moderate to fresh W'lys and a few showers late in the afternoon, a fairly typical winch launching/hill soaring day at Sutton. However, given the lack of flying, and particularly winch launching, it was decided that the conditions were […] Read More...
Sunday 7th. Sunday weather wise was similar to Saturday with a light wind from a W'ly quarter and a high overcast, so flying was possible. However, unlike Saturday, there was no thermal activity, so the 12 ATs off runways 24 or 20 were none soaring, flight times being in the 12-14 minute range off 2,000' […] Read More...
Saturday 6th. A light, mainly SW'ly blew, with an overcast at around 3,500' asl that slowly rose to around 4,000' asl, although this showed signs of breaking up towards the end of the flying day. Somewhat surprisingly, thermals developed under the overcast resulting in 3 of the 20 flights of the day exceeding an hour […] Read More...
Wednesday 3rd. The light wind had changed to become NW'ly but was still accompanied by a low overcast with the day being significantly more murky than Tuesday. Consequently, there was no flying. Thursday 4th. A southward travelling and weakening cold front brought a a cold, moderate to fresh NNEly flow, patchy rain and low cloud […] Read More...
Monday 1st. The high pressure had slipped away to the SE of the UK with the result that the light to moderate SE'ly flow brought with it fog that lifted into a low overcast. Consequently, there was no flying. Tuesday 2nd. A repeat of Monday, but even more murky in a light SE'ly airflow, so […] Read More...
