Thursday 28th. A light to moderate SW'ly blew all day with Cumulus developing from mid morning and then slowly fading away to leave a blue afternoon. Operations were off runway 20 with 27 ATs flown before flying came to a halt around 1745 hrs. Private owner and visitor launches totalled 12, these providing all of […] Read More...
Friday 22nd. A moderate SSW'ly that slowly backed into the SW brought a day of unbroken overcast but one that was high enough to allow flying. The two club K21s, JVZ and KLW provided the mounts for the 11 winch launches of the day, the hill then providing the lift to generate 2 flights in […] Read More...
Tuesday 19th. A generally cloudy day, the morning's light SSE'ly veering and strengthening around midday to become a moderate SW'ly, with flying not getting underway until 1230 hrs. From that point on, the day's flying consisted of 3 First Flight pupils, flown by Tony Drury, 7 flights for members, P1 being Brian Wise and six […] Read More...
Friday 15th. Another very windy day with the moderate to fresh WSW'ly gusting into the mid 40 kts and bringing some showers. So no flying. Saturday 16th. Another day of moderate to fresh winds, this time from the SSW, but while the gustiness had declined significantly, the reason there was no flying was rain, and […] Read More...
Saturday 9th. Morning rain delayed the start of flying until midday, the initially light W'ly wind steadily increasing over the course of the rest of the day. Two early short flights with Scouts off runway 24 were then followed by some soaring flights, as first John Marsh and Tasha Dodds had 50 minutes in K21 […] Read More...
Saturday 2nd. You may have noticed that the previous Blog described the happenings at the YGC on Saturday 2nd March and if you did, you may now wondering what else there is to say. Well in fact the majority of YGC members were elsewhere on the 2nd March and for a very good reason, in […] Read More...
Wednesday 27th. A light and variable wind, mainly between S and W, led to another day of circuits off runway 20. 12 ATs were flown behind the Eurofox in either K21 JVZ or the DG1000, with the only solo flight of the day being by Andy Evans. Flight times didn't exceed 30 minutes in spite […] Read More...
