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Thursday, March 28, 2013

Wenchman Training

Forecast .... light winds in the afternoon and Sunny .... reality moderate gusty breeze and sunny so at least we were half way there!  Still a late start saw us in the field where Todd A (Torquay) was hoping to finish off his final tasks for his CPC and John R (Indian Queens) was hoping to get back up on the Paramotor.

With conditions on the bouncy side Todd concentrated on his ground handing and made excellent progress moving from struggling to almost looking like a pilot in a couple of hours.  Seriously he did really well and it's always so good to see it click and instead of masses of brake being used and bodies fighting wings it becomes almost poetic, whoops getting a bit carried away now.


Getting set on the Hangy 


Phil studies the technique

John R arrived early afternoon and concluded for himself that it would not be a good idea to fly so we spent an hour or so on theory and cups of tea sat in the sunshine out of the wind.  With the  arrival of Phil L who had had enough of his nice warm office we took the opportunity for Kaz to have a go at towing hangers. With myself as pilot and Phil as Marshall Kaz quickly got the knack of it and mastered the double release back off after a couple of tows.  So with Kaz looking good we thought it would be time for her to tow a less experienced pilot ....... Yep Phil was next and popped in a couple of nice tows getting the chest release sorted on the way.



Sweet landing


Phil looks a bit less relaxed as he does his first chest release flight ........


............ but a lot more relaxed as he comes in after it !

Whilst not the most productive day as far as flying went it was still a good one with some useful and necessary ground covered.  Nice to see Pete L drop by and hope to see him back in the air soon.


Quote of the day "it's painted"
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