Archive for September, 2024

Thursday 12th to Saturday 14th September 2024

Thursday 12th.  A light to moderate N'ly brought a cold day of sunny intervals and occasional showers and opportunities for soaring via thermal and in one case wave lift.  The wave pilot was Bob Calvert in  his Discus 2ct who used his engine to contact wave 5 km to the SE of site, climbing there […] Read More...

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Monday 9th to Wednesday 11th September 2024

Monday 9th.  Low cloud, light rain and drizzle brought in on a light to moderate N'ly eventually cleared as the wind became a light to moderate W'ly, allowing flying to commence around 1430 hrs when Guy Hartland took the first of the day's 3 First Flight pupils for a flight in K21 KLW off runway […] Read More...

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Sunday 8th September 2024

Sunday 8th  Fronts from a slow moving low pressure close to the UK resulted in a light N'ly flow at site with a low overcast that produced light rain/drizzle at times so there was no flying. Read More...

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Friday 6th to Saturday 7th September 2024

Friday 6th.  A light to moderate NE'ly was accompanied by mainly sunny skies but little in the way of lift as 19 ATs were flown off runway 06 with most landings on runway 02.  The day saw 6 First Flight pupils flown, with their flight times of around 20 minutes, among the longest of the […] Read More...

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Monday 2nd to Thursday 5th September 2024

Monday 2nd.  A dull and damp dayslowly brightened as a light to moderate S'ly blew, but the improvement came too late for any flying. Tuesday 3rd.  A cloudy start with a light NW/WNW'ly blowing did not stop flying commencing around 1030 hrs, with brightening skies leading to some thermal soaring in the afternoon.  25 ATs […] Read More...

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Wednesday 28th to Saturday 31st August 2024

Wednesday 28th.  A cloudy, light to moderate SSE'ly blew all day, giving some weak lift on the southern ridge that was used to extend flight times for most of the 26 ATs off ruway 20, 3 of which were for First Flight pupils and 6 for Slingsby Week pilots.  Bruce Grain/Steve Morgan had the longest […] Read More...

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