Monday 3rd August 2026
Posted: 03/08/2026 20:18
Monday 3rd. A generally sunny day, with patches of Stratocumulus and isolated Cumulus, as a moderate to moderate to fresh E'ly blew. Significant lift was hard to come by as evidenced by the 2 longest flights being of 24 minutes from the 10 ATs flown off runway 06, with both flights taking 3k tows. Dave McKinney/Chris Grice in K21 JVZ and James Shaw/Steve Ogden in the DG500 took these flights, Dave/Chris managing a 400' climb over the site and James/Steve not managing a climb, but using a couple of weak thermals to slowly descend at an average sink rate of < 0.5 kts over 15 minutes. The Falke had 2 flights, the first an O/R to Guisborough W., outward via Tontine and return via Carlton Bank, and the second a touch and go at Pocklington followed by a return to site via Hutton Le Hole.
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