Wednesday 4th. Cloudy skies cleared to give a sunny afternoon, the wind being a moderate SE'ly, with Clive Swain taking the 1st flight of the day in the Falke off runway 20 around 1140 hrs. 19 flights followed, with 16 being via AT and 3 by the self launching Arcus, pilots Derek Smith/Dave Latimer having […] Read More...
Sunday 1st. A low overcast which produced spells of light rain and drizzle as a moderate S'ly blew meant there was no flying. Monday 2nd. A bright start to the day was followed by a sunny afternoon, the initially light to moderate SSE'ly veering to become SSW'ly. Operations were off runway 20 with the day's […] Read More...
Friday 27th. A light to moderate N'ly blew all day with accompanying low cloud and light rain and drizzle at times, so there was no flying. Saturday 28th. Early morning rain ceased around 0900 hrs, with the subsequent clearance allowing flying to commence around 1130 hrs when John Carter took a 11 minute flight in […] Read More...
Wednesday 25th. A moderate and warm day, with hazy sunshine at times, provided some soaring in hill and wave, with 4 of the day's 12 ATs off runway 20 leading to flights of over 30 minutes, with 2 of these over an hour. Fred Brown, flying his Ventus 2t had the longest flight, 2:11, finding […] Read More...
Monday 23rd. A W'ly blew all day, declining from moderate/fresh to light, but with increasing cloud as a front slowly advanced from the W. 18 winch launches were flown from runway 24, with wave augmented hill lift and some weak wave resulting in 10 flights of over 30 minutes, of which 5 were over an […] Read More...
Sunday 22nd. A moderate to fresh W'ly slowly moderated over the day but provided good hill and some wave soaring on a day when 36 winch launches were flown off runway 24 and all the available club two and single seater fleet were flown. 23 of the day's flights equalled or exceeded 30 minutes, with […] Read More...
Saturday 21st. Under generally cloudy skies, a variable SW'ly in strength and direction brought of day of hill and wave soaring, with 10 of the day's flights, 10 via the winch and 8 via AT, exceeding 30 minutes, with 3 of these over an hour. The early winch launches led to hill soaring flights, with […] Read More...
Friday 20th. A day of light to moderate to moderate to fresh winds, initially SE'ly before veering into the WSW, also featured a low overcast and occasional light rain, the conditions restricting the day's flying to a single AT off runway 20, James Shaw/Jamie Conway taking an 1,100' tow in K21 JVZ and landing back […] Read More...
Thursday 19th. A light to moderate E'ly veered into the S in the late afternoon and declined to become light, but the accompanying low overcast meant it was a non flying day. Read More...
Wednesday 18th. A generally cloudy day with a moderate to fresh and at times fresh ESE'ly blowing, led to operations off runway 06, but these were limited to two 1,100' tows, with instructors Dave McKinney and Chris O'Doyle swapping PI and P2 allocations in K21 JVZ before declaring conditions a little too sporty for continued […] Read More...
