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Friday, May 31, 2013

So close at Sennen

Ohh don't you just love Cornwall and with Sites like Sennen Cove why wouldn't you?  NNw west winds saw us head west to the tip of the UK where despite it being half term the sun was shining and the car park not too full ;))

The wind was light on arrival but it felt lifty so Kaz and myself popped in a few nice flight in what turned out to be very buoyant conditions whilst waiting for the hill conversions and tandem to arrive and  Chris H (St Levan) who was already there to rig.


Elaine gets sorted .....

As soon as Chris was ready i popped back in and we got him up and away. Chris had a fine time as we tidied up his flying having "learnt" in various manners over the past four years!  Putting him through his paces he did Big ears, speed bar and Asymmetric tucks all stuff he had missed on the way. Another good day should see him sorted and into the BHPA Pilot rating system.


The Tandem heads up and away

By the time Paddy B (Falmouth), Todd A (Totnes)  and Elaine B (Perranporth) the wind had filled a little but the lift dropped, don't ask why but it did!  So we waited for things to improve.  Kaz and myself tested the air every now and then. Finally Kaz took off and went up so we popped Elaine into the Tandem harness and went for a lovely flight over Sennen.  We had a ball and Elaine just loved it whilst her daughter Kelly who had bought the voucher for her as a gift looked on with the Grand children.  Despite not being sure about the flight to start with Elaine settled in quickly and thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience, maybe Kelly next time.


... and comes back again ;)

So next off was Todd who did a fine job in soaring but could never quite get enough height to top land and whilst racking up the airtime ended up on the beach but still good experience. Todd popped in two more flights with one resulting in a slope landing and the other  another visit to the sands, still it keeps him fit and never dampens his spirit.

Paddy had a great day picking his flights just right and finished off his Hill conversion flights before putting in a third and flying along with myself over Sennen Cove village as a qualified CPC pilot, nice.

So a good day overall and I did not even drive into any ones car!  I do believe summer is truly here :))

Quote of the day " any one seen my baps?"


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