What a day we had, it started at 09.00, finished at 22.00 and saw loads of flying going on for all. We headed to the filed to start with where we had a full day of Hang Gliding planned. Derek J (Cardiff) got the ball rolling moving onto the Mars from the Condor with no problem. After a few familiarisation flights he was up and away to the top of the line where by the end of the day he had sorted basebar and prone conversions. Derek topped off a great day with a small XC into the bird seed field where he looked very at home nestled in the flowers.....
Graham A (Woollacombe) was back for his second day and put in loads of flights on the Stubby moving through releases into turns and higher tows, he landed on his feet every time and is set to got to the top after another couple of lower flights.
Pilot X also moved onto the Mars and adapted well to it before building up the turns, not long and they will be on their way to the top as well
Rebbecca S was back with us to build her confidence in landings so she put in half a dozen or so flights on the Condor before getting back onto her own glider and putting in several nice flights with good landings, nearly there.
Tony P and Kev T used a few of the "spare" lines towards the end of the day by which time the wind was on the build and a bit of turbulence was to be found at height. Based on this information and observations of the sea state by the pilots we wrapped the towing at 18.30 and headed to Carbis Bay to hopefully complete Kevin's Hill endorsement.
On arrival it was looking good so we wasted no time and after a quick demo' flight Kevin was off to join Tony P and the seagulls. He had a nice flight for 15 minutes before popping it in for a good top landing. Off again he was now also joined by Graham A who had come from the tow field and was now back his Paraglider after his Hang Gliding training (what a way to celebrate his birthday) in what can only be described as near perfect conditions with plenty of lift. Kev had plenty of time to get it sorted with just over an hours flying before another good top landing saw him completed.
Fiona A (Graham's better half) took the opportunity to see what it's all about ( cashing in her Christmas present) and came up for a cracking flight on the Tandem Paraglider having a great time, Graham A flew up to join us resulting in the quote of the day from Fiona "it's not often I'm above Graham" enough said.
Catherine P (Exmouth) down for a few days made it out and also came up for a super Tandem flight (also a Christmas present) as the sun was setting and had the joy of watching a Buzzard from above as it was "chased" around the sky by a crow resulting in some pretty spectacular flying. We landed at 21.35 to round off a long and day, it 22.00 by the time we got back to the tow field to pick up the abandoned winch and return home...............zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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