Sunday 14th. After a murky start, the low cloud quickly disappeared, allowing flying to get going off runway 24 into a light to moderate W'ly, 23 ATs being the day's total. Seven private owners kept the launch point busy in the early afternoon, providing 7 of the day's 8 flights to exceed an hour, the […] Read More...
Friday 12th. A low overcast and drizzle/light rain at times brought in off the North Sea by a moderate N/NNE'ly wind kept the gliders in the hangars. Saturday 13th. The low overcast persisted overnight and into the morning, with Paul Whitehead in the Falke, taking First Flight pupils for a fly around, reporting cloud base […] Read More...
Tuesday 9th. A light to moderate W'ly blew all day, declining to become light from mid afternoon. A sunny start led to early Cumulus development and skies became overcast later in the day, but forecast heavy showers did not materialise locally during the flying day. 5 private owners flew, contributing to the day's 15 ATs […] Read More...
Monday 8th. A series of Atlantic fronts slowly crossing the UK meant it was a day of a low overcast with a moderate SSE'ly at site, rain falling from 0900-1500 hrs to ensure there was no flying. Read More...
Thursday 4th. A moderate E'ly blew all day bringing in variable amounts of cloud and a cloud base that was low to start but gradually rose to around 3,500' asl. The conditions did not, however, temp anyone to fly. Friday 5th. Overnight rain continued through the morning until around 1300 hrs, the cloud then breaking […] Read More...
Tuesday 2nd. A light to moderate SSE'ly blew all day, bringing overcast skies that ruled out convection, although cloud base slowly rose from around 2,000' to around 5,000' asl. In spite of a lack of soaring opportunities, and helped by the Tuesday evening group's contribution, the day's launch total off runway 20 was 27, although […] Read More...
Saturday 29th. A light to moderate N'ly brought in a low overcast, the result of a slow moving occluded front which kept the site in cloud for most of the day, so there was no flying. Sunday 30th. The occluded front was still in the vicinity, so although the wind had become a light to […] Read More...
Friday 28th. A slow moving occluded front kept the site in and under a low overcast for most of the flying day, this only clearing in the evening to blue skies as a light N'ly blew. Consequently there was no flying. Read More...
Tuesday 25th. An incursion of polar maritime air resulted in a great soaring day, with high cloud bases, typically over 5,000' asl over the low ground and over 6,000' asl over the Pennines and strong and reliable thermals with best average climb rates of 4-5 kts, although Les Rament recorded a 7.1 kt average climb […] Read More...
Sunday 23rd. The medium level overcast didn't prevent operations but did restrict soaring opportunities until the middle of the afternoon when broken skies prevailed. Otherwise the majority of the day's 12 ATs off runway 02 into a light to moderate N/NNE'ly were extended circuits, while Jamie Quartermaine took the Falke for an O/R to the […] Read More...
