Thursday 18th A moderate W'ly ushered in a day of hill and wave soaring, the latter being fairly weak, while launches were mainly by winch but included a couple of ATs. The first of these saw Steve Thompson and Andrew Bedford launch in the DG1000 with the declared intent to fly the club's 200 km […] Read More...
Tuesday 16th. A light to moderate SW'ly continued to bring in copious amounts of low cloud so there was no flying. Wednesday 17th. At last, some sunshine, albeit hazy due to thin, high cloud, but nevertheless very welcome as flying was possible as a initially light W'ly slowly increased in strength to become moderate by […] Read More...
Saturday 13th. Cloudy skies continued to dominate the weather even though the wind was now a light to moderate N'ly. The cloud was, however, high enough to permit flying to take place of runway 02, although the tuggies preferred landing on 06. John Marsh and Sarah Stubbs took the first launch around 1030 hrs in […] Read More...
Friday 12th. An Atlantic depression brought damp, cloudy skies to Sutton Bank, the site in cloud at times as a light to moderate SSW'ly slowly veered into the WSW. Consequently, there was no flying. Read More...
Thursday 11th. Another quiet day from a gliding perspective as a light to moderate SW'ly slowly backed into the SSE, this change being accompanied by a steady increase in cloudiness. 11 ATs behind the Eurofox were flown off runway 20, including one by Rob Bottomley in his Discus BT, while 4 flights were with First […] Read More...
Wednesday 10th. A light WSW'ly under generally cloudy skies meant benign conditions for the day's 5 First Flight pupils and those club members undergoing training. First off was the Falke for a 34 minute session of touch and goes followed by 14 ATs off runway 20 behind the Eurofox, Dual flights were in the majority […] Read More...
Tuesday 9th. A light to moderate SSW'ly blew under initially bright skies, these becoming cloudier as the day progressed and while this change didn't stop flying, it did restrict launch heights and correspondingly flight times. for the majority. However, with some hill lift being available on the SSW'ly facing part of home bowl and that […] Read More...
Sunday 7th. A moderate to fresh and gusty WNW'ly lead to a weather flight, ie whether to fly or not. John Carter and Bruce Grain's 10 minute flight in K21 KLW off a winch launch convinced them it was not, so that was it for the day. Monday 8th. Bright skies and a light to […] Read More...
Friday 5th. Sunny skies and a light to moderate W'ly meant a busy day's flying at Sutton with the first AT off runway 24 at around 1030 hrs and the last landing around 1615 hrs. All 4 club 2 seaters were flown as well as 2 of the single seaters, while Messrs Watson and Atkins […] Read More...
Wednesday 3rd. Low cloud and showers in a cool, moderate N'ly airstream meant there was no flying. Thursday 4th, The cool light to moderate N'ly flow continued with the maximum temperature only reaching 5.7C. Flying was delayed until around 1100 hrs when Laurie Clark and Andy Evans took a launch in K21 JVZ off runway […] Read More...
