Tuesday 11th August 2026.
Posted: 11/08/2026 23:24
Tuesday 11th. A hot and sunny day, with the temperature reaching 27.0C locally and a moderate SSE'ly blowing, saw 21 ATs, a self launch and a Falke flight off runway 20. Andrew and Elizabeth Bedford besttook the Falke on a morning flight of 127 OLC km, visiting Tontine before travelling to the west of Reeth and returning via Easingwold, while Derek Smith took his DG808 on a 205 OLC km, 3:01 trip with TPs at 8 km NE of Market Weighton, Malton and Burn, climbing to 4,600' asl with a best average peak climb rate of 3.6 kts. Derek was the only private owner to launch, but shared his > an hour flight with 4 others who all stayed local, where peak altitudes were around 5,000' asl, with slightly lower average peak climb rates. Astir pilots Austin Harland in DSU had 1:23, and Neil Amos 1:40 in Astir DPO, while the longest of 2 seater flights saw Chris Collingham/Naomi Kennard have 1:27 in K21 JVZ and Andreas Rieder/Rob Cruickshank have 1:34 in K21 KLW. The only other flight over 30 minutes was the 44 minute one by Guy Hartland/William Blanthorn in KLW, while the day's 5 First Flight pupils had a flight time average of 26 minutes.
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