Busy, busy, busy

It was a busy day from the start with lots going on

Glyn P settled nicely bck into towing after a fair break

Matt W got to grips with the Hang Glider resulting in some super flights

Andy W gets airborne at the start of his Tandem flight ....

and stayed airborne during it .....

before coming back to earth with a gentle touch down

It was another full on day at the tow field with pretty much everything you can imagine going on. Matt T (Redruth) came along to start off his Hang gliding training and had a super day getting through the initial stages easily and nicely relaxed. On the winch he quickly gained confidence and by the end of the day was flying nicely at heights up to 60 and getting in his first release flights, an excellent start to his EPC course.

Nigel (Birmingham) came along with his Mosquito (powered Hang Gliding unit) to gain further experience, having flown it several times before, and after a few tows on the winch to get his hand in gave powered flight a go. Unfortunately and abortive take off resulted in a damaged prop resulting in stopped play, still a valuable lesson learnt, don't try to correct right hand turns on take off, just spit the throttle and stop.

Gay J made huge progress on her Paraglider training completing her EPC flights and moving well into the CPC schedule and looking more confident with every flight. At this rate another couple of days and she will be sorted.

Mick L also had a top day on the Paraglider moving through the first part of his CPC tasks and starting on the Instability stuff. Add to this the spot landing crown for the day and no wonder he had such a large smile on his face.

Ray D turned up mid afternoon and was quickly in the air building up his high flights and getting inot his early CPC tasks. Ray not only gave Mick a run for his money on the spot landings but set new standards for dress etiquette turning up in shirt and slacks all topped off with a nice pair of Crispi boots! Others please take note this is the kind of dress wear we expect in the future......

Pete L put in another good flight on his Paramotor flying off to Hayle to take some more stunning pictures of Cornwall from above before returning and carrying out a landing by his vehicle to save a walk.

Paul H buzzed off on his Doodle Bug for an hour or so heading to the south coast to visit Mark and Wanda at Praa Sands and playing with the convergence on the way. As ever Paul did a cracking landing making powered Hang Gliding look easy.

Andy W came along for a Tandem flight on the Paraglider and was rewarded with a couple of nice flights one to enjoy the views and the other to enjoy the ride and looked well pleased with himself on landing.

Add to this Dean F, Paul C, Chris S, Tony P , Glyn P and Kaz P (all qualified CPC pilots) who were getting in some flying and it was a busy day with Tim putting away 80 tows before we packed in at 19.00. Phew an early night at last!