Going long in the field

Shaun gets the day going looking good and even a bit of nodding dog !

Paul on his first day with us quickly gets to grips with towing

Really guys there is no need to salute, must be the Navy training

Karen M looks like she means it on launch

Dave concentrates on landing approach

The forecast was for a light to mod WNW backing SW and getting lighter with plenty of sunshine so we headed to the tow field leaving the hills to qualified pilots until the wind got too light.

It was perfect towing conditions and whilst Shaun W (Camborne) played with his ground handling Kaz introduced Paul W (Truro) to the how we do it and the basics of towing as it was his first day with us having been to a hill school previously.

By midday we were in full swing with "the boys" being joined by Karen M and David K (both from Bristol) on Paraglider and Hanger respectively who were along to keep their hands in and convert Dave onto his own glider.

Everyone worked well and behaved nicely with Shaun on his third day quickly finishing off his remaining EPC tasks before moving into high flights and getting stuck into his CPC tasks. He had a ball ending each flight with what seemed a bigger smile than the previous one each time.

Paul did well getting into towing steadily and moving through his basic flights into release flights and turns smoothly although a few habits needed ironing out but he took it all in his stride and finished the day with 100' flights and nice turns down to land showing his previous experience.

Dave had a fine time on his Hanger after a wobbly start but ended the day looking as smooth as can be and showing just how sweet nil wind landings can be. Karen was in her normal form towing straight then floating around for ages and even going upwards in any lift that happened to be around showing despite break from towing she had not forgotten it.

The icing on the cake was towing through the gates giving the guys some super tows with the extra length making the views even more spectacular. Well done to all and thanks for behaving so well!

On the hill Pete C took out our demo Delta M for its first flight and was very impressed both with its ability to get around but also with its sink rate, in fact so much so he bought one, if its good enough for Pete ........... large one sitting here ready to go