HARRY CLAMPERS!
Nice picture of the weather closing in on the airfield today. A serviceable tug fleet ready for Permits and ARC's Read More...
Sunday 20th to Monday 21st January 2019
Sunday 20th. The continuing ESE'ly wind had decreased to light and died away althogether at times, while the snow cover slowly thawed. However, the low cloudbase, below hill top height at times, was the major reason for it being a non-flying day. Monday 21st. Patchy medium level cloud and large blue areas of sky accompanied those […] Read More...
Wednesday 16th to Saturday 19th January 2019
Wednesday 16th. The WSW'ly wind continued to blow but had moderated somewhat compared to Tuesday, now being light to moderate. Some light rain in the morning delayed the start of flying until around 1445 hrs but thereafter, 6 winch launches were flown of runway 24, generating 1 flight in excess of an hour and 2 […] Read More...
EP 120 HP UPGRADE
21st Century glider towing. Read More...
Sunday 13th to Tuesday 15th January 2019
Sunday 13th. A light to moderate WNW'ly flow greeted members arriving on site and flying got under way off runway 24 around 1030 hrs. 2 ATs were flown in K21 JVZ before flying came to a halt as the wind increased in strength to become moderate to fresh and veered into the NW, the gustiness […] Read More...
Tuesday 8th to Saturday 12th January 2019
Tuesday 8th. A sunny and cool day saw a single launch, as John Carter and Phil Turner took an AT off runway 02 to to investigate take off and landing conditions in a light to moderate NWly. Returning to earth after 14 minutes, the conditions were declared too turbulent for any further flying, this decision […] Read More...
Thursday 3rd to Monday 7th January 2019
Thursday 3rd. The centre of the cloudy anticyclone remained in place over the UK with the result that winds were light W'ly , the overcast cloudbase being low enough to restrict launch heights to 2,000' QFE or even below at times. Consequently, only K21 JVZ was flown, Tom Kirby having all 4 dual flights with […] Read More...
Sunday 30th December 2018 to Wednesday 2nd January 2019
Sunday 30th. A light to moderate WSW'ly blew all day under generally sunny skies with the intermittent cloud cover not proving to be a problem. 10 ATs were flown off runway 24 with some landings on 20 and a combination of hill lift and some weak wave meant that 8 of the day's flights exceeded […] Read More...
Friday 21st to Saturday 29th December 2018
Friday 21st. An occluded front over the middle of the UK brought 6mm of morning rain to site, the wind being a light NW'ly. A brighter afternoon followed as the wind backed into the S while remaining light, but persistent orographic cloud prevented any flying. Saturday 22nd. A light to moderate WSW'ly brought bright and occasionally […] Read More...
Thursday 13th to Thursday 20th December 2018
Thursday 13th. The ESE'ly flow continued under the influence of a blocking high over Scandinavia, being initially moderate to fresh but than declining to become light to moderate. With parially cloudy skies with a base around 4,000' asl, operations got under way off runway 20 around 1030 hrs and continued at a leisurely pace until […] Read More...