Friday 25th. A WSW'ly wind that was quite variable in strength meant it was a day of ATing off runway 24. Although the wind speed varied, the hill and weak wave provided consistent lift that resulted in all 5 flights exceeding an hour, although no significant climbs were recorded and all the flights stayed relatively […] Read More...
Tuesday 22nd. A frosty night led to a sunny morning as a light to moderate WSW'ly blew, this slowly backing into the SW as the skies clouded in during the afternoon. A lack of customers meant a late start, with John Carter taking the first of the day's 2 First Flight pupils for a 22 […] Read More...
Nice picture of the weather closing in on the airfield today. A serviceable tug fleet ready for Permits and ARC's Read More...
Sunday 20th. The continuing ESE'ly wind had decreased to light and died away althogether at times, while the snow cover slowly thawed. However, the low cloudbase, below hill top height at times, was the major reason for it being a non-flying day. Monday 21st. Patchy medium level cloud and large blue areas of sky accompanied those […] Read More...
Wednesday 16th. The WSW'ly wind continued to blow but had moderated somewhat compared to Tuesday, now being light to moderate. Some light rain in the morning delayed the start of flying until around 1445 hrs but thereafter, 6 winch launches were flown of runway 24, generating 1 flight in excess of an hour and 2 […] Read More...
21st Century glider towing. Read More...
Sunday 13th. A light to moderate WNW'ly flow greeted members arriving on site and flying got under way off runway 24 around 1030 hrs. 2 ATs were flown in K21 JVZ before flying came to a halt as the wind increased in strength to become moderate to fresh and veered into the NW, the gustiness […] Read More...
Tuesday 8th. A sunny and cool day saw a single launch, as John Carter and Phil Turner took an AT off runway 02 to to investigate take off and landing conditions in a light to moderate NWly. Returning to earth after 14 minutes, the conditions were declared too turbulent for any further flying, this decision […] Read More...
Thursday 3rd. The centre of the cloudy anticyclone remained in place over the UK with the result that winds were light W'ly , the overcast cloudbase being low enough to restrict launch heights to 2,000' QFE or even below at times. Consequently, only K21 JVZ was flown, Tom Kirby having all 4 dual flights with […] Read More...
Sunday 30th. A light to moderate WSW'ly blew all day under generally sunny skies with the intermittent cloud cover not proving to be a problem. 10 ATs were flown off runway 24 with some landings on 20 and a combination of hill lift and some weak wave meant that 8 of the day's flights exceeded […] Read More...
