Rick gets ready for his first soaring flight on a Hanger in 25 years
Off and away, told you to keep your legs together for the photo's!
Gabriel A takes off as pilot in command on the Tandem whilst I hang on
Dangerous Derek looking less dangerous on his first soaring flight
Rebbekah S sets up nicely for here first top landing after a cracking soaring flight, she's back !
Graham A heads for the beach on his second ever flight off the hill
Phil Sambles racks up the airtime, nice colour co ordination
Snails doing what snails doWoW WoW WoW what a day at Perranporth (again).
We arrived to find a brisk NW wind so got the gliders rigged and ready. There was a good crowd of hangers all looking forward to getting some air. After a quick conditions check flight We got the ball rolling with a bit of tethering to check the guys out whilst Gabriel A (Bristol) put in some acclimatisation flights on the site in readiness for his Tandem conversion.
Next we got Rick h off for his first soaring flight on a Hang Glider in 25 years and what a fine job he did of it enjoying a nice 20 minutes before popping the Mars back on top.
Then it was my turn to take Gabriel up to show him the ropes on the Tandem and let him have a go in the air. After a couple of these to get the landings sussed Derek J (Cardiff) who had driven down for the day and Rebekah S (Exeter) came up on the Tandem to show them the site in preparation for their soaring flights.
Rick put in another flight looking smoother than the first and did another cool top landing then it was the real work. Gabriel A took the controls and made his first Tandem flight as pilot on the Hang Glider with myself as passenger. He did really well and i didn't get airsick, a very acceptable top landing followed and it wasn't long before we were off again. By the end of the day he had put in four flights as pilot in command and was far more relaxed so completing his flying tasks for his Dual rating on Hang Gliders, well done G.
Rick put in another couple of soaring flights this time on the Calypso and enjoyed the extra performance dealing with it well on landings to give him four flights for the day and a huge smile.
Dangerous Derek was next again on the Calypso and put in his first soaring flight starting off a little ragged but he soon smoothed out before putting in a good top landing with a grin from ear to ear.
Then it was Graham A's turn (Torrington) who was "up" for a top to bottom giving him his first experience of a Hanger off the hill. Graham did a good job getting time to play briefly with the ridge lift before popping the Mars onto the beach.
Rebbekah S lined up on launch and didn't hesitate at taking the opportunity to getting back to hill soaring after her confidence building flights on the winch. She did a super take off and was soon hundreds of feet up looking smooth and co ordinated like she had been doing it for years. after a good twenty minutes she lined up for a top landing and after one fly by she made a very acceptable one with a look like all her Christmas's had arrived at the same time!
D Derek was soon up there again looking much smoother than on his first to add another twenty minutes to his airtime and whilst it could be said his top landings was not as neat as it could have been I have seen worse....
Graham a gave me some more exercise with another top to bottom and by now the wind was on the drop resulting in a scratchy flight back up whilst dodging the suicidal Paraglider pilots.
We arrived to find a brisk NW wind so got the gliders rigged and ready. There was a good crowd of hangers all looking forward to getting some air. After a quick conditions check flight We got the ball rolling with a bit of tethering to check the guys out whilst Gabriel A (Bristol) put in some acclimatisation flights on the site in readiness for his Tandem conversion.
Next we got Rick h off for his first soaring flight on a Hang Glider in 25 years and what a fine job he did of it enjoying a nice 20 minutes before popping the Mars back on top.
Then it was my turn to take Gabriel up to show him the ropes on the Tandem and let him have a go in the air. After a couple of these to get the landings sussed Derek J (Cardiff) who had driven down for the day and Rebekah S (Exeter) came up on the Tandem to show them the site in preparation for their soaring flights.
Rick put in another flight looking smoother than the first and did another cool top landing then it was the real work. Gabriel A took the controls and made his first Tandem flight as pilot on the Hang Glider with myself as passenger. He did really well and i didn't get airsick, a very acceptable top landing followed and it wasn't long before we were off again. By the end of the day he had put in four flights as pilot in command and was far more relaxed so completing his flying tasks for his Dual rating on Hang Gliders, well done G.
Rick put in another couple of soaring flights this time on the Calypso and enjoyed the extra performance dealing with it well on landings to give him four flights for the day and a huge smile.
Dangerous Derek was next again on the Calypso and put in his first soaring flight starting off a little ragged but he soon smoothed out before putting in a good top landing with a grin from ear to ear.
Then it was Graham A's turn (Torrington) who was "up" for a top to bottom giving him his first experience of a Hanger off the hill. Graham did a good job getting time to play briefly with the ridge lift before popping the Mars onto the beach.
Rebbekah S lined up on launch and didn't hesitate at taking the opportunity to getting back to hill soaring after her confidence building flights on the winch. She did a super take off and was soon hundreds of feet up looking smooth and co ordinated like she had been doing it for years. after a good twenty minutes she lined up for a top landing and after one fly by she made a very acceptable one with a look like all her Christmas's had arrived at the same time!
D Derek was soon up there again looking much smoother than on his first to add another twenty minutes to his airtime and whilst it could be said his top landings was not as neat as it could have been I have seen worse....
Graham a gave me some more exercise with another top to bottom and by now the wind was on the drop resulting in a scratchy flight back up whilst dodging the suicidal Paraglider pilots.
Good to see Phil S out again putting in the time and adding another three or four flights to his log book just when he needs it.
It was a very happy bunch off Hang Glider Pilots that left the site after a long and full day at 22.00 hours. Trey and get some piccies up soon.
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