Monday 23rd. A light to moderate WNW'ly slowly backed into the SW with the day's 11 ATs shared between K21 KLW and Astir DSU, Martin Newbery's 32 minutes in DSU being the longest of the day and the only flight over 30 minutes. The next best was John Forrester's 20 minutes in the same glider, […] Read More...
Sunday 22nd. Another non-flying day due to the fresh and gusty NNW'ly, the result of the low to the north of Scotland drifting east as it started to fill. Read More...
Friday 20th. A light to moderate SW'ly brought in overcast skies after a bright but cloudy start, with flying confined to a single sortie in the Falke, Les Rayment/ Jamie Quartermaine having 41 minutes, although due to a lack of recorded Flarm data, where they went is not known. Saturday 21st. A deep low tracking […] Read More...
Wednesday 18th. A forecast of strong winds during the morning led to the day being scrubbed. Thursday 19th. The passage of a cold front led to a forecast of overnight rain, a day of sunny skies, low temperatures and crucially, for the prospect of flying, a forecast for a NW/WNW'ly wind that was sufficiently strong […] Read More...
Saturday 14th A sunny start with a light WNW'ly blowing allowed 12 ATs off runway 24, although the temperamental Flarm receiver only recorded the 2 flights of the DG500, both by John Carter/James Prosser, the first an aborted launch and the second of 19 minutes which included a couple of O/Rs to High Paradise Farm […] Read More...
Thursday 12th. The NE'ly wind continued to decrease as did the base of the overcast to below hill top height, while its depth increased sufficiently to produce drizzle and result in the day being scrubbed. Friday 13th. A similar murky and drizzly day to Thursday, the initially light wind slowly dying away to become calm, […] Read More...
Monday 9th. Storm Darragh had departed leaving a moderate NE'ly that brought in an overcast off the North Sea that was, however, high enough to allow flying to take place. This amounted to 3 flights in K21 KLW and 1 in Astir DSU, while the Falke had a couple of flights. Guy Hartland/Natalia Swaekaert found […] Read More...
Saturday 7th. With no flying to report, other than leaves. branches etc, the weather took precedent. The main rain band accompanied by rapidly increasing winds from Storm Darragh arrived around midday after a deceptively quiescent morning as the storm's centre (978.8 mb at site) crossed the north of England. By the end of the day […] Read More...
Friday 6th. The light SE'ly slowly increased to moderate and skies became increasingly hazy as Storm Darrah approached from the Atlantic, intensifying as it did. The day's 7 ATs off runway 20 saw Steve and Eileen Scothern each have 2 flights in K21 JVZ with Graham Cooksey and Yuri Kozhevrov have 2 flights in Astir […] Read More...
Monday 2nd. A day of low cloud, occasional rain and a moderate NW'ly wind meant there was no flying. Tuesday 3rd. A light SEE'ly blew all day with patchy, medium level cloud on an otherwise bright day. A lack of any lift meant it was a day of extended circuits, with flight times of […] Read More...
