An extraordinary day with climbs early in the day to 4000m and a light NW wind. These are some of the names and distances. Nigel 181km, Stuart 174km, Bart 139km, Tim and Steve 212.9, Marc 213.9km, Mishal 126km, David 66km. However, due to the tremendous thermic conditions it was exceptionally difficult to keep below 2900m […]
This should be an excellent day with good quality climbs to near 4000m . convergence on mountains, but not useful to us. Average wind is NW, but lower level NE will make things tricky for a big open distance, as will the problem of a high base within the airspace area. Segovia is an option, […]
A great achievement for Stu and Marc yesterday with their successful out and returns. Also many other over the pass and doing a decent section of that flight. 7hrs plus in the air for some!
Not a bad day with light winds but a a little inverted and no big height gains. Local flying with the best by Stu with a reasonably large circuit with a flight to near the Pass and Barco and returning.
Not a bad looking day with a lighter N NE flow, probably NW in the valley with climbs reaching upper 2000m, maybe 3000m by the end of the afternoon . Good for local circuits, even Barco and Back.
Not a brilliant day. similar thermic conditions to yesterday, mainly blue and improving as the day goes on. However, the wind is once again a problem as it will pick up again considerably. An explanation can be seen of that in my little animation from a few years ago https://vimeo.com/64294975 Also if we look at the […]
Yesterday the NE wind kept us local with a flight to Barco by Catherine and Stu, with a few others landing on the way out of choice before the wind picked up. Great evening flying as the wind pulled more onto the hill allowing a run of the whole mountain with restitution in the valley.
A few PBs yesterday with climbs to 3200m and sufficient SW to go beyond Avila. Rob and Ian (PB) in the upper 80s, Tommy (PB) Past Avila, Nigel near Villacastin at around 76km, Stu near Avila, and a load of us cast to the ground after the Pass. A special mention in dispatches for Gary […]
Today we have strong winds either side of us as the wind channels around the mountain range at Avila and Bejar. The trigger temps is lower, though we have some lower inversions around 2200m early on. Thermal heights later towards 3000m, but more so in the mountains and we will have trouble getting much above […]
We still have lingering some of the suspended dust in the air, but much clearer with lighter winds which will allow us to fly PN. A general NW flow on our side of the mountains with convergence very much behind us on the mountain chain. Mainly blue but clouds likely in the mountain at around […]