Tuesday 26th. A light N'ly steadily increased to light to moderate as a high overcast persisted for most of the day. Operations started off on runway 20, but soon switched to 02 with 11 ATs completed, all in either one of K21s JVZ and KLW. First Flight pupils accounted for 4 of the day's flights […] Read More...
Saturday 23th, The depression centred to the N of Scotland had moved closer, the W'ly wind at Sutton increasing to fresh, with 30-40 kt gusts so, in spite of the sunny intervals, there was no flying. Sunday 24th. The depression had moved off the east, veering the moderate to fresh wind into the NW, a […] Read More...
Thursday 21st. A weak cold front travelling southwards brought low cloud and light rain for most of the day, so there was no flying. In the evening a 2nd group of ATC cadets visited the club and were introduced to gliding via a practical session on how to measure the lift generated by a wing, […] Read More...
Sunday 17th. An Atlantic front brought low cloud and rain, the clearance coming too late to allow any flying to take place. Monday 18th. A light to moderate SSW'ly blew all day, giving rise to thermal and wave lift for most of the flying day until increasing high cloud signalled the approach of another front. […] Read More...
Friday 15th. A light to moderate to moderate WSW'ly blew, accompanied by a mainly overcast sky that produced a number of light showers, the conditions also providing some hill and wave soaring from the day's 12 winch launches off runway 24. 7 flights exceeded 30 minutes with 4 of these over an hour, with visitor […] Read More...
Thursday 14th. A moderate S'ly brought in low cloud and light rain at times, but not before 2 ATs and 2 winch launches had been flown off runway 20. The 2 ATs were for First Flight pupils, with P1 Dave Campbell posting the longest flight of the day from the second of these, his 24 […] Read More...
Monday 11th. A day with a low overcast and moderate visibility, as a light N'ly slowly backed into the NNW, precluded any flying. Tuesday 12th. Another overcast day with the SE'ly veering into the SW and increasing from light to moderate, the overcast being again too low to allow any flying. Wednesday 13th. The cloud, […] Read More...
Saturday 9th.. The moderate to moderate to fresh E'ly continued to bring in a low overcast, so there was no flying. Sunday 10th. Another non-flying day due to the continuing low overcast, this time with morning rain, as low pressure moved eastwards to the south of the UK, the moderate to fresh E'ly becoming moderate […] Read More...
Friday 8th A moderate E'ly blew all day continuing to bring in an overcast from the North Sea that initially was high enough to allow flying to start around 1120 hrs, with Clive Swain taking the 1st of the day's two First Flight pupils for a flight in K21 JVZ off runway 06. This flight […] Read More...
Wednesday 6th. The decaying occluded front had moved back westwards with the result, light rain and drizzle in the early hours and a low overcast that persisted all day, brought in on the light to moderate ESE'ly wind. Consequently, there was no flying. Thursday 7th. Although the occluded front had disappeared from the synoptic charts, […] Read More...
