Sunday -- Slingsby Rally Day 1 Briefing for this first day of the rally was suitably brief - it was about to rain and it would do that for much of the day. It did just that. Attendees from a variety of clubs from Portmoak down to deepest Kent assembled to hear Phil Lazenby, rally […] Read More...
Thursday: Another day of fairly low and extensive cloud restricted flying to the 2-seaters until after lunch when things opened up to persuade a number of Taskweek entrants to try their luck and skills to garner more points. Indications of wave proved to be well founded for Chris Booker, Jon Hart and George Rowden who […] Read More...
The moist Atlantic airflow continues to dominate so any plans Taskweek competitors had for adding to their points score had to be put on hold as, at the second briefing at midday, George scrubbed the day. The intial low cloud base lifted around lunchtime and the usual round of 2-seater flying continued right through into […] Read More...
Friday: Well what is there to say other than this was yet another non-competition day as the very humid airstream out of the Atlantic continued to dominate the weather. A short two hour window around lunchtime did allow a few launches, mostly off the winch, in the club's fleet of 2-seaters. None of these flights […] Read More...
A clearing cold front overnight resulted in partly cloudy skies, a brisk westerly wind and encouraging glimpses of blue sky and sunshine. With a forecast of some improvement as pressure rose during the day Andy Parish was glad to announce that a task would be set and the grid would be launched. The task was […] Read More...
Monday: With fronts coming at us from the Atlantic it was another non competition day. Frequent showers, some heavy, from towering CuNims restricted general flying to just a handful of flights. Seven of these were flown in the club's K21s. Steve Codd had a couple of flights in his K18 using thermal and hill lift […] Read More...
Friday: On a mostly cloudy day with few soaring opportunities flying got underway round about midday. The odd shower interrupted things now and again. With the exception of just two flights in the club Discus by visiting pilots all the days flying was carried out in the DG1000 and both K21's. Toby and Stan were […] Read More...
The previous evening RASP had been full of promise with various shades of red over our flying area for much of this day. So pilots had gone to sleep dreaming of the “big one” with long lines drawn on fantasy maps. Reality in the morning; RASP revealed a not so subtle change in the gliding […] Read More...
Monday: Another pleasant very warm day at Sutton Bank with a light, mainly southerly, wind which freshened a bit from the SW later in the day. John Carter, Stan and George Rowden started the ball rolling in the 2-seaters soon after briefing with other instructor members joining in to help during the day. Martyn Johnson […] Read More...
Friday: Low cloud, rain at times sometimes heavy with thunder meant that the gliders stayed in the hangars all day. Thankfully a rare event in recent times but at least it was a chance for staff and the hardy individuals on site to catch up with outstanding jobs. Saturday: A bright start to the day […] Read More...
