Saturday 28th. Overnight rain was followed by a transient ridge of high pressure that was the basis for a good soaring day, the moderate W'ly wind providing hill, thermal and for some, wave lift. The soaring potential of the day can be judged by the fact that only 2 of the day's 26 winch launches […] Read More...
Tuesday 24th. The remnants of an Atlantic Hurricane brought a day of heavy rain on a light to moderate wind, this starting in the E and progressively veering into the SW. The 37.1 mm of rain that fell accompanied by low cloud meant a non-flying day. Millfield was similarly affected so it was a day […] Read More...
Sunday 22nd. A bright start to Sunday, as a light to moderate ESE'ly blew, saw operations commence off runway 20 around 1030 hrs as Toby Wilson took the first of the day's 4 First Flight pupils for a flight in K21 JVZ. However, rapidly thickening cloud removed any possibility of convective lift and with the […] Read More...
Thursday 19th. Blue sunny skies were again a feature of the day as the anticyclone continued to dominate the UK weather, winds being light and variable but mainly from the SSE, so operations were off runway 20. Some Cumulus appeared in the afternoon, but these were mainly over the Pennines, these being investigated by Rob […] Read More...
Tuesday 17th. The high pressure was still in charge but had shifted position, with a resulting moderate NNW'ly to start the day, this slowly veering into into the ENE, so operations were off runway 02 with some turbulent take offs. Cumulus blossomed late morning, encouraging 3 private owners to rig, and fly cross country, although […] Read More...
Thursday 12th. A moderate S'ly soon veered into the SW and increased to moderate to fresh over the middle of the day before declining to moderate, all the time accompanied by extensive cloud. The presence of wave was evident by the transient slots that kept appearing and disappearing in the cloud sheet, so cloud descents […] Read More...
Wednesday 11th. Early low cloud that delayed the start of flying until late morning cleared to leave a good soaring day, with hill, thermal and wave lift on offer, although the latter not to all. A moderate W'ly meant it was a winching day, and 26 were flown, including 8 by private owners. although problems […] Read More...
Thursday 5th. A moderate WNW'ly with a tendency to veer into the NW led to an early AT off runway 02 and a subsequent landing on 30, but the turbulent conditions led to a decision to suspend flying for a while. Flying resumed an hour later with 3 successive Falke flights off 24, with glider […] Read More...
Tuesday 3rd. The airstream continued to flow from the Southwesterly quadrant and be of a showery nature and its variation from WSW'ly to SSW'ly while staying light to moderate, caused the operating runway choice to alternate between 20 and 24. Winching and ATing were again on offer, but only 2 ATs were flown to add […] Read More...
Friday 30th. The moderate, initially SSE'ly wind, soon veered into the SW and strengthened to moderate to fresh, resulting in a mix of ATs and winch launching, the day's 3 ATs being off runway 20 and followed by the 12 winch launches off runway 24. The skies were initially cloudy but cleared after lunch to […] Read More...
