From now on those miserable dark nights will start to recede, imperceptably at first then, as spring.. well springs - faster and faster; until the prospect of a flight on the way home from work is at last realised.

Oh deep joy of joys.

And my PFA wall planner arrived today as if by divine providence, or the hand of Mort.

So where to plan to go? I say plan to go because when ever I do so plan the very same warming rays of sunlight so missed in Winter kick up towering clouds that darken ever nearer the time to fly. I've spent so many a wet weekend in the club-house when I should have been flying that I now think this is my hobby.

So where to go in '05

Over to you, over.

Sir George Cayley

Wellesbourne, efficient & friendly or/and Coventry, small regional airport but GA friendly

WNC

Hmm, winter solstice. That means the nights will now be shorter, which means less and less night-flying. Which is a shame, because I love night-flying.....

FFF
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I think that its very inconsiderate that the longest day doesnt coincide with the best weather. I would like to see the longest day moved to August.

That means the nights will now be shorter, which means less and less night-flying.
Ah, but not nescessarily the earliest sunset. So you can still enjoy your night flying, and unless you fly all night, it won't make much difference :}

Yes - hurrah indeed for the fact that the days are starting to get longer again! Although the mornings won't start to get lighter again until around 8 Jan:

22 Dec Sunrise 0810, sunset 1558
4 Jan Sunrise 0812, sunset 1609
8 Jan Sunrise 0810, sunset 1614

(Oxford times)

So, if 21 Dec was the shortest day then which is the longest night?

Was it 20-21 Dec or 21-22 Dec, or both?

Beagle,

You might want to revisit those sunrise times ;)

dp

dp - they're straight from the http://www.britishinformation.com/sunrise-and-sunset-times/ website and are local time.

Not the start of daylight, but 'sunrise' times for Oxford...about 30 minutes before Dublin at this time of year

Beagle,

It was not the difference between Dublin & Oxford I was getting at.

Rather that Dec 21 is the shortest day of the year. Presumably Dec 22 is the second shortest. So why would the Sun be rising 2 minutes later on Jan 4, but on Jan 8, be back to the same rise time as Dec 22? :ugh:

But I've looked it up on another source, and apparenly you are correct. I stand corrected, and bow to your superior knowledge :O

dp