Friday 8th. A light to moderate NNW'ly blew all day, slowly moderating to become light by the end of flying, but accompanied by an overcast that, although allowing flying, restricted launch heights to 1000-1600' QFE. As a result the longest flight time from the day's 32 ATs was 12 minutes. However, as the majority of the flights […] Read More...
Saturday 2nd. A thundery front travelling northwards brought a morning of heavy rain and an afternoon of low cloud that meant there was no opportunity to fly. Consequently, the highlight of the day was culinary in nature as the remains of Friday's feast again found willing consumers. Sunday 3rd. After Saturday's rain, the weather reverted […] Read More...
Tuesday 29th. A blanket of low cloud was the case for most of the day, the cloud brought in on a light to moderate NNWly flow. Some signs of breakup could be seen around the middle of the afternoon, allowing Roger Burghall to take a tow to 2,200' QFE but by the time he landed some 22 […] Read More...
Saturday 26th. The Scandinavian anticylone continued to dominate the weather over the northern half of the UK with an initially moderate to fresh NE'ly blowing in a extensive cloud sheet from the North Sea. This gradually broke up to yield sunny intervals by the early afternoon, the wind eventually backing into the N as a […] Read More...
Tuesday 22nd. A low overcast in a variable and gusty, NNW'ly wind initially kept the gliders in the hangars, but by early afternoon the cloud had broken up sufficiently both to allow flying to commence off runway 02 but also to indicate the presence of wave. John Carter and Phil Turner demonstrated the soarability of […] Read More...
Friday 18th. A light to moderate SW'ly blew for most of the day until a sea breeze front arrived in the early evening causing a change in wind direction to ENE'ly. The day was essentially blue with extensive Cirrus, the combination limiting cross country flights and soaring, but not entirely the latter, with 5 flights of […] Read More...
Tuesday 15th. High pressure was firmly in charge, leading to a day of sunny blue skies, light W'ly winds and an absence of Cumulus. The result was a busy launch point, a preponderance of circuits and a scattering of soaring flights throughout the day. The number of private owner launches reached 9, boosted by two flights […] Read More...
Saturday 12th. A light NNW'ly and bright conditions opened the flying day but it became progressively cloudier as the day progressed and rain arrived around 2000 hrs. It was a busy flying day, with 33 ATs off runway 20 as the wind soon backed into the S, but soaring opportunities were limited as evidenced by the […] Read More...
Post Script to last Weekend. Congratulations to John Ellis, Chris Gill, Toby Wilson and Chris Booker who represented the YGC at the local interclub competition held over the May Bank Holiday weekend. The anticyclonic weather resulted in 2 out of 3 contest days and mainly blue conditions with the YGC team coming second behind the team from Rufforth. Wednesday […] Read More...
Saturday 5th. Flying got underway just before 1000 hrs off runway 20 as light to moderate S'ly blew, this slowly veering into the WSW as the day progressed. With the anticyclone still in control of the weather, it was hot and sunny by Sutton Bank standards and it took a while for convection to get […] Read More...
