Saturday 7th. A light to moderate NNW'ly slowly backed into the WNW over the course of the day with Cu blossoming relatively early but not leading to overconvection. Consequently, it was a good soaring day with a plethora of cross countries to report from the 38 ATs off runway 02 on the day. Derek Taylor […] Read More...
Thursday 5th. Thursday dawned blue with a light to moderate NW'ly wind, this slowly veering into the NE over the course of the day. Cumulus started to appear mid morning, with the first of the 6 private owners to launch, Lindsay McLane, setting off in his Ventus. Lindsay visited Barnard Castle and Grantham, but on the […] Read More...
Tuesday 3rd. The day started with predominately cloudy skies with a light N'ly blowing, this having a tendency to veer into the NNE. The initial cloud base was high enough to allow operations off runway 02 to commence just after 1000 hrs and continue, courtesy of the Tuesday evening group, until 2138 hrs, the intervening […] Read More...
Friday 29th. A light to moderate N'ly blew all day accompanied by blue skies, as the Scandinavian anticyclonic continued to dominate the weather, meaning it was another day of limited soaring opportuities, with only blue thermals to arrest the inevitable return to earth. The 2 seaters were busy all day with members, 7 First Flight […] Read More...
Tuesday 26th. The high pressure, with its centre to the NE of the UK, continued to provide blue skies, light winds and high temperatures, 27.1C being the day's maximum after an overnight low of 14.3C. However, the inevitable temperature inversion meant that usable thermals were hard to find during the morning but were present in […] Read More...
Saturday 23rd. The wind was light to moderate for the whole of the day, initially from the WNW, briefly from the west and then finally veering into the WNW, a medium level overcast for most of the day resulting in an absence of much in the way of soaring opportunities. No flights, from the 15 […] Read More...
Friday 22nd. Yesterday's NW'ly had veered into the N and become light to moderate, this moderation continuing throughout the day as the wind declined to light and backed into the W, this eventually causing a runway change from 02 to 24 by the middle of the afternoon. The skies remained blue for most of the day […] Read More...
Thursday 21st. A beautiful looking sky and gliders passing overhead while on 1000km tasks starting from the south of England only increased the frustration of those at site, as a moderate NW'ly, with its associated turbulent conditions across ruways 20 and 24 kept the Sutton gliders on the ground. The only airfield activity was the […] Read More...
Tuesday 19th. The conditions had not altered greatly from Monday, the now WSW'ly wind having moderated slightly while having a tendency to back into the SSW. Accordingly, it was again a wave day with the first flight of the day seeing Will Blackburn take the first of the day's 6 First Flight pupils to 8,200' in […] Read More...
Saturday 16th. An intially light to moderate SW'ly slowly increased in strength to become moderate while varying between SSW and WSW. The day was generaly cloudy, with the cloud thick enough to generate regular showers and low enough to prevent any glider flying until late in the day, when John Marsh flew first with Phil […] Read More...
