Sunday 5th. The light to moderate/ moderate, W/WSW'ly continued to blow, but now accompanied by predominately cloudy skies, which did, however, provide lift with hill, thermal and some wave utilised by the 12 ATs off runway 24. 1 private owner and 5 First Flight pupils made up half the launch total, with 6 flights of […] Read More...
Saturday 4th. A moderate to moderate to fresh WSW'ly soon veered into the W, so it was a winching day off runway 24, with15 flown. Hill, thermal and elusive wave lift were available, with the result that there were 10 flights in excess of 30 minute,s with 8 of these over an hour. Most of […] Read More...
Friday 3rd. The WSW'ly continued to blow, but had declined to become moderate to moderate to fresh so it was a full day's gliding at Sutton with 24 ATs off runway 24, including 9 by Private Owners and 3 for First Flight pupils. It was again a good wave day, with thermal and hill lift […] Read More...
Thursday 2nd. The passage of a weak front brought some early hours rain but left a breezy day with sunny periods, the WNW wind ranging from moderate to fresh to fresh. with gusts to 35 kts, The conditions limited flying to two winch launches off runway 24, Clive Swain in his Kestrel 19 taking off […] Read More...
Tuesday 30th. A light to moderate S'ly blew for most of the day, veering to become a light W'ly around 1700 hrs, just in time for the Tuesday evening group to restart operations following the cessation of flying by the day team around 1445 hrs after a launch total of 9 ATs off runway 20. […] Read More...
Sunday 28th. A moderate to fresh WSW'ly brought a good soaring day with hill, thermal and wave lift, resulting in 14 of the day's 16 launches, 10 AT and 6 winch, being over 30 minutes, with 9 of these over an hour. 7 flights climbed to over 5,000' asl, of which 4 climbed to over […] Read More...
Saturday 28th. A moderate to fresh SSW'ly blew all day, providing thermal lift for all and wave for some, with 18 AT's and a self launch of runway 20 The launch total ,including 6 for First Flight pupils and 6 by Private Owners, leading to 12 fights of over 30 minutes including 6 over an […] Read More...
Friday 26th. Early morning thunderstorms brought torrential rain but cleared away around 0800 hrs allowing flying to commence at 1049 hrs when Bob Calvert took the first of the day's 9 ATs with the first of the day's 7 First Flight pupils off runway 20 into a light to moderate SSE'ly. All the the latter […] Read More...
Thursday 25th. The heat wave showed signs of, easing with the maximum temperature at Topcliffe reaching 28.5C compared with the 31.0/31.5C of the past couple of days. It was, however, still another hot and sunny day with a moderate SSE'ly veering into the ESE and becoming moderate to fresh, with little in the way of […] Read More...
Wednesday 24th. Another sunny and hot day with the temperature reaching 31C at nearby Topcliffe, early scattered Cumulus over the North Yorks Moors and Pennines extending into the Vale of York during the afternoon. The day's 15 ATs and 2 Falke flights off runway 20 included 4 for First Flight pupils and 4 by private […] Read More...
