ice and stuff …! A fun day at the club with 10kt northerly and lots of big clouds some of which were dumping ice and stuff down to ground level. Crystal clear visibility with 6/7 knot climbs tempted a few to attempt the Mynd but in the end it was too showery up there. Mike…
Late wave Come 15:00 the conditions started to improve, I wanted to rig but no tug pilot! a quick call to TC solved that problem. 16:00 I had a launch followed by Mike Codd in his Ventus. The main ridge was working nicely and it was relatively easy to find an energy line and go…
First good day of the year – wave to 7000ft Ground is a bit soft but drying out fast. First good day of the year and nearly 4hrs cruising up and down the ridges with some lovely mellow thermals and then a wee bit of wave to 7000ft – the season has started so get…
Good SE wave day Aerotows and circuit in extremely rough air but above 2000 smooth as silk, it was one of the liveliest tows I have ever had, but all good experience. Thanks to Geoff and Tony for enduring all the rough aerotows so we could access the smooth wave above!!A great wave day at…
20kt wave day…! Main highlights of the day were:- Several pilots bounced off the base of the airway @ FL125. Patches of REALLY horrendous turbulence (you had to flying in it to believe how bad it was!) Most pilots experienced 10+ kts at some time during their climbs with their varios hard on the stops.…
Good NW ridge day Good NW wind gave reliable lift on both the main and Llangorse ridges. Initially the cloud was 8/8 with a base of about 2,500′ which gradually rose during the day. There were strong thermals around and some sporadic wave down the Beacons in late morning. The cloud decreased during the afternoon…
Mark Fisher Great day out in Snoopy with Robbie. NW ridge working well, thermals to over 3000 feet QFE. Hill walkers on Hay Bluff all waving as we honked the horn merrily at them.
Day Trip to Snowdon I’ve fantasised about this flight for a while and RASP did look good for all of Wales with a moderate Easterly and decent cloudbase. My half-baked plans were scuppered when a massive wave bar appeared over the Black Mountains in the morning. I got to about 7,400′ in weak but pleasant…
2 XC days in a row… Two very good days in a row which coincided with the weekend – a very rare event. Saturday – 4 trial lessons, quite a few check flights and instructional flights and a number of us doing various solo flights the best if which was by Dave Hope who did…
6300′ cloudbase Interesting day with a 6,300′ QNH average cloud base later on in the afternoon. The only fly in the ointment was some weak wave interference which gave large areas of sink and made a lot of clouds look as though they should work but didn’t when you flew under them. It was a…