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Wednesday 4th December
Wednesday morning saw fog on the airfield and miasma in the club house as Andy, Alan B, Ken R & Bill plied dope on wing fabric....
pdinham
Dec 5, 20131 min read
The North Wind did blow
– with subtle changes in direction, strength and instability frustrating some attempts at ridge soaring and rewarding others. Nonetheless...
pdinham
Nov 30, 20131 min read
digitisatification
Those of you with a good lookout will have noticed links on the right (no the other right) to, as we say in the vernacular, our digital...
pdinham
Nov 26, 20131 min read
Sunday 24th Nov, ridge flying(ish)
The north wind dith (not too hot on Shakespearian conjugation*) blow but not really enough. that said average flight time was securely...
pdinham
Nov 25, 20131 min read
Sunday 10th
Hooray – a flyable day. Not only flyable but thermals and ridge lift to be sampled and excellent vis. Chris K pulled airbrakes after...
pdinham
Nov 13, 20131 min read
Wednesday 13/11/13 – spooky!
Arrived on the airfield to find a Cirrus in the process of being rigged and cables being towed out. Rubbed my eyes and checked my diary –...
pdinham
Nov 13, 20131 min read
Saturday 9th November
What a great day’s flying we didn’t have today. Paul Prentice didn’t manage to fly the K8 for the longest, Steve Gaze didn’t spend all...
pdinham
Nov 9, 20131 min read
saturday 2nd
Having moved out of the worst October on record fingers were crossed for a flyable day. It didn’t start off promising with low cloud...
pdinham
Nov 3, 20131 min read
Sunday 3rd November
Well today Tony, Mark, Pablo, Graham, John and I flew RIV/KEE/NHL/SAL/RIV. We got back nicely in time for tea and cake and to greet...
pdinham
Nov 3, 20131 min read
Wednesday 30th
October started off well with 5 flying days -3 of which were exceptional for the time of year. Then 2 weeks of no flying because of the...
pdinham
Oct 30, 20131 min read


Sutton Bank October 2013 part two
Just as the locals predicted Thursday was indeed a good ridge day at SB. The day started off bright and mild but with not quite enough...
pdinham
Oct 19, 20131 min read


Sutton Bank October 2013
After a few days where we could not fly due to rain or low cloud on Tuesday afternoon we were finally rewarded with some great wave...
pdinham
Oct 16, 20131 min read


Saturday 12th October 2013
Here’s what you missed. The sky cleared by 10am as predicted. Sadly too few turned up to get out more than the K13 until after 3pm, when...
pdinham
Oct 15, 20131 min read
Thursday 10th October
With a ridge day forecast we got going a little earlier than normal for midweek flying. The forecast held good for a strong northerly...
pdinham
Oct 11, 20132 min read


Sunday 6th
After such a busy Saturday we only had about half the number of folks flying on Sunday and less than half the number of launches. ...
pdinham
Oct 9, 20131 min read


Saturday 5th October
What a busy day! First launch was 10:37 and the last was at 18:27 during which time we clocked up 51…..yes 51 launches! Due to annual...
pdinham
Oct 6, 20131 min read


Sunday 29th September
Similar to clouds seen today in a strong easterly breeze. (Pic courtesy of Cliff Mass http://cliffmass.blogspot.co.uk/2010/02/why-was-my-...
pdinham
Sep 29, 20131 min read
Weds 18th Sept – equinox weather
An early weather check into a solitary blue hole resulted in confinement down to 800ft blowing sideways at a hell of a lick. (We should...
pdinham
Sep 18, 20131 min read
Saturday 14th – rain didn’t stop play!
The day started off quite sunny but soon after we got the field set up and the toys were out it clouded over and threatened to rain 🙁...
pdinham
Sep 16, 20132 min read
Wednesday 11th Sept – behind the scenes
Having half unpacked the hangar, observed the gathering orographic clag and decided that despite all the enthusiasm the weather wasn’t ...
pdinham
Sep 11, 20131 min read
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