Putting our eggs in one basket we had a chilled morning whilst we waited for the forecast wind to fill in at Perranporth. It was late, however based on information from the hill we made our move mid afternoon and pretty soon after that Derek was putting in the first flight to the beach on the Hang Glider. A walk back up and to get the body moving and Sam A had arrived in the hope of some ground handling and possibly a flight down for his first one off the hill. Paragliders were soaring but only just and slope landings were the order of the day so after a period of getting used to Perran on the ground Sam was briefed for a soaring flight followed by a beach landing wit a top landing as plan B should the opportunity arrive.
Derek headed off down again on the Hang Glider doing a super flight with super smooth turns and is ready to soar when the opportunity arrives, not bad after only 9 days of being on holiday.
The sky cleared of gliders and Sam was off to be met with nice gentle lift. A couple of beats saw him above the top and settling into ridge soaring. After a little guidance on the radio he was left to himself and had a cracking 15 minutes as conditions and the lack of others in the air helped him out and he rose steadily higher. Plan b swung into action and he came in for a cracking top landing and huge smile, nice one. Hopefully he will get out tomorrow to finish of his Hill work and then he's out with you guys so look out for him. pretty good progress as he only started at the end of March and has a proper job.....
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