Wednesday 2nd. The E'ly had strengthened slightly and become gustier, so flying was restricted to 5 ATs either off runway 02 or 06. Useable lift was hard to find, with James Shaw/Rob Bottomley having 30 minutes in K21 JVZ and Andreas Rieder/Stephen Kellerher having 29 minutes in the same glider. Thursday 3rd. With little change […] Read More...
Monday 31st. High pressure had become established over the UK, the light SSE'ly wind being accompanied by a mid level overcast that precluded any soaring opportunities. The resultant 16 ATs off runway 20 did not produce any flights of over 30 minutes, the longest two both involving Andrew Bedford. The first was with James Shaw, […] Read More...
Saturday 29th. A moderate to fresh, and at times fresh SW/SSW'ly, brought thickening high cover with Cumulus underneath, as a cold front advanced from the NW. However, the day, provided both thermal and hill soaring and even some wave, with the result that all but one of the mixed 13 AT and 8 Winch launches […] Read More...
Thursday 27th. A moderate and at times moderate to fresh SW'ly provided hill. thermal and wave lift with some impressive distances flown and altitudes gained, although as ever, the ease of contacting the wave varied throughout the day. A mixture of 8 winch and 8 ATs off runway 24 resulted in 16 flights of 30 […] Read More...
Wednesday 26th. A day of broken cloud to the west and light to moderate SW'ly winds led to 22 ATs and 4 Falke flights off runway 24, with virtually all landings on 20. The day's 14 flights in club 2 seaters and a single flight in Astir DPO led to 5 flights of 30 minutes […] Read More...
Tuesday 24th. A generally cloudy, but otherwise pleasant day with a light NW'ly saw 3 ATs off runway 02 in K21 JVZ and one off 24. this being by Bob Calvert in his Discus 2ct. Guy Hartland was P1 in all three JVZ flights which were circuits off 1100-1300' tows, Logan Briggs having 2 flights […] Read More...
Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd. A flabby low pressure made slow progress NNE'ly from off the west coast of Portugal into the southern North Sea, initially feeding in low cloud on a gusty ESE'ly with showers on Saturday and more general rain on Sunday followed by heavy showers before clearer skies arrived, the wind backing […] Read More...
Thursday 20th. There had been little change in the synoptic situation except for a reduction in the pressure gradient, so it was again a sunny, warm day at site with a light SE'ly blowing. The day's 4 ATs, one of which was for a First Flight pupil, and a single Falke sortie used runway 20 […] Read More...
Wednesday 18th. The anticyclone to the ESE continued to bring clear, sunny and warm weather to site, the wind remaining in the ESE/SE but decreasing to light. The conditions produced some weak thermal activity and a convergence that was used by Bob Calvert in his Discus 2ct to have the only soaring flight of the […] Read More...
Tuesday 18th. The Atlantic High had crossed the UK and was now centred to the SSE over Eastern Europe, bringing sunny, blue skies and a moderate and somewhat cool ESE'ly wind to site. 4 ATs were flown off runway 20 with all but one of the flights landing on runway 06. With no useable lift, […] Read More...
