Martin sets up on Poniette launch
Another forecast which offered a choice
of sites but after a quick checkout at the main bottom landing we
opted to head up the main hill to check out the Poniette launch. As we
showed the guys the bottom landing field there was already a constant
stream of gliders coming in but we were just to late to see one of
the Polish fly into a camper van and drape his canopy over it!
With no one staying up and a blue sky
we headed up arriving just as things began to really get going and by
the time the guys were rigged there were cumulus all over the sky and
the lift was everywhere. Once again Bill led the pack and was soon
up in amongst it followed closely by Michel and Chrissy. The rest
took off one by one and everyone thermalled up and away into the
blue. Conditions were reported to be bouncy enough by some whilst
others thought it was pretty smooth ????
Mike shares the air over launch
Hangies set up under a cracking sky
Kaz made her way to the notice board
field where she was on hand to help with a bit of guidance on the
approaches although fair to say she was not always guiding the pilot
she thought she was...... To be fair her life was tricky enough with
Mark doing a mini XC and Phil deciding to keep him company, in fact
only half the team made into the Notice board filed!! By the time I
got down from the hill some of the guys were down and others heading
that way having had enough and pretty soon only Mike C was left up
there. Mike had a ball playing in the thermals before finally
deciding to pop it down in the cafe field where we picked him up
from.
Guess who's who
Size 13's
Things were now breezy enough so we
decided to take a trip to Ronda Veja in the hope it may drop off as
the day went on. It was windy enough on site and whilst a couple of
radio modellers had some fun we passed the time playing with the
catapult, making up some spare lines for Chrissy and Bill and Mike
went radio hunting and very successfully too as it turned out :)
Getting some practice in
As evening drew near the wind did
indeed drop back and Michel gave it a go and in fairness did a good
job of it despite the wind being a fair way off. He nipped in back
on top before talking Bill into joining him for a flight down to the
main road. They both enjoyed a fun flight down soaring the lower
ridge on the way and we picked them up on the way home.
Michel shows them how to do it
Another good day with everyone having
some good flying in what were challenging enough conditions. Rumour
has it that Bill N did not have meatballs at JJ's but this is to be
confirmed and Peachy spent the evening trying to revive his manhood
after a cold shower!!
Quote of the day “ I've got your
helmet in my left hand Graham” " oh I had not noticed"
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