Monday 11th to Thursday 14th November 2024
Posted: 15/11/2024 16:17
Monday 11th. The forecast clearance duly happened, with blue, if somewhat milky skies accompanied by a light to moderate N'ly wind. 20 ATs were flown off runway 02, comprising 17 in K21 KLW, 2 in the DG500 and 1 in the DG1000. Some weak thermal lift in the afternoon allowed one of the JVZ flights to climb to 3,500' asl and one of the DG500 flights to maintain this for a little while after a high tow, but no one managed a flight time of 30 minutes or more. I don't have access to the day's flight log so the day's data is limited.
Tuesday 12th. The wind had become a light to moderate NE'ly and this change resulted in low cloud being brought in off the North Sea, so there was no flying.
Wednesday 13th. The Flarm receiver/transmitter at site was again not registering most flights so information is mainly limited to the data from the day's flight log. 20 ATs were flown on a day of light and variable winds, predominately in one of other of the club K21s, including 2 for First Flight pupils. Two private owners flew, with Steve Ogden having 2 flights in his Discus and Tony Drury having one in his DG303. Tony had the longest flight of the day, 25 minutes and Steve the second longest, 24 minutes off his first flight, all these flights benefitting from 3,000' tows. The longest of the flights in club gliders were the 22 minutes achieved twice by Martyn Moon, first in JVZ with Bob Calvert and second with Bruce Grain in KLW, again the result of 3,000' tows. Guy Harland commented on the crystal clear visibility with Cheviot, the mountains of the Lake District, Snowdon and Calder Idris all visible from 3,000' asl or more. Guy also sent me some photos one of which is shown below.
Thursday 14th. Another light and variable wind day as an anticyclone again lay centred over the UK. The day's flying was limited to 5 ATs, with the complete failure of the Flarm tranceiver to record any flights limiting the available data for the day. None of the day's flights exceeded 30 minutes, the longest being by John Carter/Simona Latimer, their 25 minutes in the DG500 being the result of a 4,000' tow. John and Simona then took a low tow followed by a simulated launch failure in K21 JVZ before the now current Simona flew a solo launch and circuit in the same glider. The other launch of the day was for the day's only First Flight pupil, Guy Hartland taking him for a 22 minute flight in the DG500 off a 2,500' tow.
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