Dartmoor Gliding News - Saturday 7th November 2026

The battle for most accurate forecast today was won by the Met Office forecast. Light breeze with a little west in it. Dry until early afternoon when there would be >50% chance of rain.

Initially flights were circuits in the light westerly drift but a shower line could be seen to the west. As the showers moved towards the airfield it push some unstable air in front of it which looked a lot like a cloud street. Whatever caused it, pilots were provided with some entertaining soaring which was only cut off when the shower finally arrived overhead.

Junior Elliot Flannery adding to his solo tally and...

... off he goes

Cecilia Courtney was our only visitor today. She flew in both the K13 and Twin Astir.

Cecilia with Scratch

We stood down for 90 minutes while it rained. After this the rest of the day was circuits only.

The shower line arrives

About 2 minutes later this was the view from the bus

The resultant cloudscape

Some interesting flying for November.

Steve