Pilot X gets soaring with a little help
gaining height and getting more confident
Pilot X heads to the beach to round off a super flight
Kev gets the sky to himself late in the day
Wave clouds upwind and super smooth lift on the hill ,hmmmm
Kev enjoys the air and the sunsetWoW what a day! It was on at Perranporth from when we arrived at 10.00 till when we left (and way beyond) at 19.30. The day started with Andy F on his second day with us having some nice tethering along the top on the Mars in a brisk wind making life easy. He was joined by Rick H (Truro) who used to fly in Cornwall 25 years ago and now wants to get back into it. They both did well until the wind eased back a little so it was time for lunch.
Next it was up for a dual flight on the Hang Glider with Andy and we had a fun time in the what was by now dropping lift. In fact it dropped that much that we were up there for well over an hour before we managed to scratch up enough height to slip it in on top, that's value for money!
A bit more tethering ensued as the wind filled a little which finally wore Andy out. With the odd Paraglider testing conditions it looked like the wind would ease further but it was not the case and pretty soon the wind was back.
Phil S dropped by and put in his first light at Perranporth on his Hang Glider having a cracking time and performing a very good top landing, then to prove it was not just luck took off and did it again tacking up well over an hours airtime.
Kev T came up for a flight on the Hanger with me and enjoyed every moment despite having something stuck in a painful place......
As we packed the gliders away things mellowed again and with plenty of wave clouds in the sky I tested the air on the Mars to find it super smooth and very lifty. Pilot X took the opportunity and was rewarded with a super soaring flight (their first on a solo Hanger) looking very tidy before taking the Mars to the beach for a top class landing, nice one.
Kev T rounded off the day getting up and away as we packed up on the Paraglider and had a super flight looking good when we left, rumour has it he had to land due to no navigation lights.
Next it was up for a dual flight on the Hang Glider with Andy and we had a fun time in the what was by now dropping lift. In fact it dropped that much that we were up there for well over an hour before we managed to scratch up enough height to slip it in on top, that's value for money!
A bit more tethering ensued as the wind filled a little which finally wore Andy out. With the odd Paraglider testing conditions it looked like the wind would ease further but it was not the case and pretty soon the wind was back.
Phil S dropped by and put in his first light at Perranporth on his Hang Glider having a cracking time and performing a very good top landing, then to prove it was not just luck took off and did it again tacking up well over an hours airtime.
Kev T came up for a flight on the Hanger with me and enjoyed every moment despite having something stuck in a painful place......
As we packed the gliders away things mellowed again and with plenty of wave clouds in the sky I tested the air on the Mars to find it super smooth and very lifty. Pilot X took the opportunity and was rewarded with a super soaring flight (their first on a solo Hanger) looking very tidy before taking the Mars to the beach for a top class landing, nice one.
Kev T rounded off the day getting up and away as we packed up on the Paraglider and had a super flight looking good when we left, rumour has it he had to land due to no navigation lights.
More tomorrow i hope
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