Bidford O/R The forecast was for an unstable SW airstream with possible showers, drying out as the day progressed. There were only a dozen or so intrepid aviators at briefing with a few people away elsewhere. The SW ridges were working well with dynamic lift and thermal to a base of about 4000′ QNH initially. …
Unexpected wave to 7200 RASP indicated that wave was unlikely: No inversion (actually quite a high lapse rate) and wind veering markedly with height. However after morning tea (how civilised!) our eagle-eyed tug pilot Tony Crowden spotted an edge in the clouds in the lee of the Black Mountains overhead the Wye Valley. So off…
Another great day out! Lovely warm weather with little wind – now that doesn’t sound like Tal does it? Heavy inversion at first meant very poor viz and weak thermals to about 3500 amsl with only small haze caps. We’d set a task to New town, Llandeilo and back for 200km but it soon became…
A great day out… I’ll have to give this report from my perspective because I was in the air for nearly 6 hrs and so don’t really know what else was going on. We set ourselves one of the club tasks (see the ladder for the whole list) of Llandeilo -Mynd and back for a…
NE wave 9000 ft The forecast brisk NE wind made conditions on the field a bit sporting!!! During the morning, Cu bubbled up nicely with no sign of the cursed wave – Hoorah! The forecast also predicted cloud increase by Midday. I took the second launch onto Troed in my recently returned, refinished and fettled…
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.…