Arriving on site the gods must have been shining on us, the wind was perfect direction of fast flying along the road and the strength was just right, what did we do so right?? Glider rigged and ready we waited for the BBc to arrive ........... a flight on the Zero got me high enough to be spotted and soon with a little help from Kaz John d the reporter arrived laden with kit.
Peachy charms the snake
then gets in on the action, nice stance ....
Not wishing to miss the conditions camera's were attached (thanks to Peachy for his patience) a rough "plan" made and all was set. 20 minutes of hooning around and trying to fight the lift to stay in shot went by very quickly before popping in for what fortunately turned out to be a lovely landing in shot and big grins all round.
Perfect conditions to play
and play we did
as well as soaking up the view
Then came the "interviews" with me trying to look cool and Kaz trying to get the sign writing on the truck into shot! It all worked out very well and despite being frozen to the core we all went home pretty chuffed. Thanks to Peachy and Jill for helping out and to Steve (farmer) for his consideration.
not a landing to cock up!
The final result got aired on friday evening and can be found on i player or by clicking here, have to say john d did a great job not making any mistakes and most importantly not calling us Hand Gliders!
it's a wrap
Check out the video here
Quote of the day "wooooooooo bl**dy H*ll" the woo bit stayed in but the later was cut!
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