Here's a sight i never thought I'd see Meeting in the field everyone seemed amazingly bright and bushy tailed for day two of the powered paragliding experience. With the forecast for the wind to pick up we got straight down to it. Mark F was first in the air to a round of applause carrying out a cracking forward launch followed by a couple of circuits before performing a very acceptable landing. With the breeze picking up a little things got easier for the rest of us with reverse launches being the order of the day. Myself was next followed by Michelle K and Pete L with various rates of success, but by 11 o'clock we had all got up there and safely returned to terra firma. From 09.30 onwards the sky had begun to look good with solid cloud streets over the field and on my fourth flight I was amazed at how easy it was to thermal up with the motor off and how solid the wing felt. Mark rounded off the days flying with a stunning flight having to make a conscious effort to fly away from the field and the lift to get down.
With the wind having picked up we packed up at 14.30 with big smiles having learned a lot, had some good fun and with an appetite for more. Just a shame we used what was probably the best day this year for XC flying to do it!! Still here's to next time.
Thanks to Andy S our instructor and to Kaz for the tea and cakes.
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