Friday 26th. Cloudy skies in a moderate NW'ly that subsequently decreased to become light, meant that it was a gliding rather than a soaring day. 14 ATs were flown off runway 02, with some behind re-engined Pawnee Tango Mike. A predominance of sinking rather than rising air meant that even off 3,000' tows flight times […] Read More...
Tuesday 23rd. A mild day at site accelerated the snow melt but cloudy skies with isolated showers in the moderate and at times moderate to fresh SE'ly did little to dry out the airfield, so another non-flying day resulted. Wednesday 24th. An active front crossed the site around 0700 hrs bringing a period of rain […] Read More...
Thursday 18th. A light WSW'ly slowly increased to become moderate over the course of the day but in spite of acceptable flying conditions, the state of the airfield ruled out any flying. Friday 19th. Another pleasant, if cold, day as a light to moderate WSW'ly blew but with flying again thwarted by the state of […] Read More...
Wednesday 17th. Members arriving at site prior to the normal 0930 hr briefing were welcomed by a light to moderate WSW'ly wind but this quickly increased to moderate/moderate to fresh while staying in the same direction. As a result it was a winching day with 8 launches off runway 24, the last flight landing around […] Read More...
Saturday 13th. The moderate ESE'ly flow continued to bring in extensive low cloud and even a little rain around midday, so it was again a non-flying day. Sunday 14th. The wind speed remained moderate with the direction changing slightly to the SE, but the major flying or not flying factor, cloud base, remained disappointingly too […] Read More...
Tuesday 9th. The cloud that had come up from the south on Monday had thickened and lowered sufficiently to bring periods of drizzle and swathe the hill top, the wind remaining a light to moderate E'ly, but showing a tendency to veer into the ESE. Correspondingly, there was no flying. Wednesday 10th. The cloud and […] Read More...
Saturday 6th. A moderate and cold NE'ly flow with associated showers limited flying operations to 6 ATs off runway 02, with 3 of these being for First Flight pupils. With no usable lift to be had, flight times were all below 20 minutes, even from 3,000' tows, an indicator of lots of usable sink. Sunday […] Read More...
Thursday 4th. A day of low cloud and rain as a slow moving front deposited another 7 mm of rain on the site, ensuring that the run of non-flying days extended to seven. The front crossed the site around 1700 hrs leading to a big veer in the wind direction from E to WSW and […] Read More...
Monday 1st. A mild and light to moderate SW'ly that slowly decreased to light, kept the site in rain for most of the day with accompanying low cloud. Accordingly, no flying was possible. Tuesday 2nd. The wind had become a light to moderate SE'ly, this increasing to moderate to fresh over the middle of the day […] Read More...
