Monday 17th. The front had fizzled out allowing the base of the overcast to rise sufficiently to allow flying, as a moderate SE'ly blew. However, all but 3 of the day's ATs released at around 1100' QFE, as Steve Morgan, Mark James and Sarah Nolan, practiced circuits. The other P2 of the day, Harris Hobson, […] Read More...
Friday 14th. Although the anticyclone remained in place and the light to moderate SE'ly continued to deliver overcast skies, the the air mass had dried out and the cloud base had increased sufficiently for flying to take place. 6 ATs were flown off runway 20 while the Falke had 3 sorties. In the absence of […] Read More...
Monday 10th to Thursday 13th. The blocking area of high pressure to the NE of the UK lived up to its name, preventing any Atlantic systems from reaching the UK and persistently feeding in a low overcast off the North Sea from the ENE/NE, the cloud being thick enough at times to produce some light […] Read More...
Friday 7th to Sunday 9th. A large area of high pressure had become established to the E of the UK with the result that an initial E'ly flow slowly backed into the NE over the reported 3 days, the wind strength varying between moderate to light. Cloudiness was much more consistent, each day being gloomy […] Read More...
Wednesday 5th. A light to moderate SW'ly that veered into the W brought an early morning shower but otherwise it was a sunny day with scattered cloud. Flying commenced around 1000 hrs, with the last flight of the 17 on the day landing at 1540 hrs, 12 of the flights exceeding 30 minutes and 6 […] Read More...
Monday 3rd. A light to moderate S'ly blew all day under variable high, thin cover, so operations were off runway 20 with 8 ATs flown. Somewhat surprisingly, there was weak wave lift around, with 6 of the launches leading to flights of over 30 minutes, including one of over an hour, this being by Steve […] Read More...
Friday 31st. A weak and slow moving occluded front brought a low overcast, some early light rain and light and variable winds, so there was no flying. Saturday 1st. The wind had become a light to moderate S'ly but the low overcast persisted, so there was no flying. Sunday 2nd. The moderate S'ly slowly declined […] Read More...
Tuesday 28th. A weak front brought low cloud and some morning rain as a light to moderate NNW'ly blew, this slowly backing into the WNW as the day progressed, so there was no flying. Wednesday 29th. The light WNW'ly was accompanied by generally cloudy skies, but with their base high enough to allow flying to […] Read More...
Monday 27th. Due to a bleak sounding weather forecast and low demand, Monday's flying was scrubbed on Sunday but in the event, the forecast heavy and frequent showers didn't materialise, although it was wet between 0300 and 0700 hrs with 12.2 mm falling locally. The daylight hours were characterised by a moderate SSW'ly and broken […] Read More...
Saturday 25th. A sunny morning with a light to moderate WSW'ly blowing led to 28 winch launches off runway 24 and one AT, with 19 flights exceeding 30 minutes and 8 over an hour. The recorded > an hour flights ranged from Sam Bachelor's 2:17 in Astir DSU, closely followed by Chris Booker's 2:11 in […] Read More...
