Archive for July, 2015

 

Less wind lower base.

July 2nd, 2015 - Posted by Steve Ham

This morning we had low level convection cloud on the face of the main mountain.  This is always a good sign after  a period of strong sustained dry southerly winds.  It generally shows the passage of a cold front so cooler moist and usually unstable good flying conditions from the NW.  The  cold front seems […]

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Chris Sangwin Caricature

July 1st, 2015 - Posted by Steve Ham

Chris from the DSC club asked me for a caricature last week.  After a few preliminary sketches whilst waiting at the airport  I have bashed this one out.  Chris is a very brainy maths professor with various published  maths books to his name.  I initially went with a big brain box, but no, that cheeky […]

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Still windy but slightly better(evening flight only)

July 1st, 2015 - Posted by Steve Ham

Probably climbs to 4400m with mainly blue themals and some upper level cloud which may allow things to calm a little.  Windy, but not quite so dramatic  as yesterday.  We will leave at 10am to go to Lastra to have a look.  Wind seems to go more west at end of day so possible flying […]

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