Up and Down at Chapel

Spring low tides are always welcome when it comes to flying the coast and what a nice one it was at Chapel port where the beach was just about as big as it gets :)  Peter F was along to hopefully get his first hill soaring flights underway and with conditions looking good we wasted no time in getting set to go.

The sun starts to shine

Kaz and myself tested the air and it was fine and then Pete went off to find his gloves, what a difference 10 minutes can make!  By the time he had returned conditions were a bit lighter but still soarable although not the hundreds of feet of lift that there had been.  Still after a bit of ground handling to get settled in Pete made it to the front and was soon up and away floating along the cliffs.  Ten minutes later and the lift got a little lighter again and Pete was putting his new found skills to the test as he scratched along in the gentle lift doing a fine job.

First soaring flight for Pete

almost looking relaxed

With him looking nice and smooth we took the opportunity to bring him back in whilst we had the height and with a little guidance he performed his first slope landing, nice.  Big grin, debrief, soak it all in and wait for the breeze to fill in then it was off again.

mixing with the Big Boys Pete joins in the fun

Steve M making it look easy

Treeve heads for the lift

Next flight was even better with a bit more lift and a lot more experience, another 10 -15 minutes and it was back in on top, excellent.  Bit more chat, bit of watching Steve M demonstrating super smooth ground handling,bit more breeze so let's make the most of it. In what were now fresh enough conditions Pete was off for his third flight of the day.  The lift was much more and life was easy as he cruised the ridge lift mixing it with the other pilots before coming in for a super top landing.

Top landing and looking good

bowing to the Masters ??

With the wind filling in further it was time to stop and change wings (not for Pete) and out came the ASKA for play time.  A couple of fun flights along side Sam A on his hangy and it was Peachy's turn ……….  looking like a startled rabbit in the headlights he coaxed it to the front before hesitating, a little encouragement and he was off into a nice 20mph breeze.  To be fair he did a great job and looked almost relaxed as he soared up and down getting it sussed.  Back on top his face was a picture, almost enthusiastic and very chuffed with himself, watch out for him when you are flying your hangy!

"did you see me ?"

Quote of the day " It feels far more solid"  it was in relation to something or other!