Saturday 7th to Monday 9th November 2026.
Posted: 10/11/2026 12:48
Saturday 7th. A weak occluded front within the high pressure brought low cloud and light rain and drizzle from midday, as a light WNW'ly blew, so there was no flying. There was, however, plenty of on-site activity as the club had its annual Bonfire/Firework display event with food provided by the catering team.
Sunday 8th. Light rain/drizzle overnight cleared to leave a cloudy but dry day, the wind remaining light from the WNW/W. Low cloud delayed the start of flying until midday when Sarah Stubbs/Jamie Quartermaine took off from runway 02 in the Falke, landing back on runway 20 after 15 minutes. Operations then moved to runway 24, with Sarah later taking one of the day's 2 First Flight pupils for a 31 minutes flight in the Falke, with John Forrester taking the other First Flight pupil for a 19 minute flight in the DG500 from a 3,000' QFE tow off the penultimate flight of the day. In-between times, K21 JVZ had 3 flights with club members with flight times of 5-16 minutes dependent on launch height, the day being rounded off by Sarah's 3rd flight in the Falke, this time with Avhusta Rusina.
Monday 9th. A sunny day with Cumulus saw 12 ATs off runway 02 into a light to moderate NNW'ly that slowly declined to light. Convection proved to be strong enough by mid afternoon to enable Austin Harland in Astir DPO to have 55 minutes, 45 minutes of which were spent circling in the weak lift over Kilburn, as he maintained from 2,000' to 2,400' asl and managed a couple of short climbs. Andreas Rieder/Andrew Bedford in the DG500 had a similar flight of 48 minutes over the White Horse, with this area also favoured earlier by Rob Bailey in Astir DPO in his 25 minute flight.
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