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Friday, July 31, 2009

How lucky are we

A seriously BIG Balloon

Nick and Paula enjoying their a wedding present

Steve J on his first flight whilst Rick gets ready to launch
Rick looking pretty

Guess who?
Steves enjoys more lift on his second flight

Who's who ?
An early start saw us at Perranporth for 07.15 am where Steve J was already waiting for us in the rain which was accompanied with a strong breeze. Still in a positive move we waited and it was not long before Rick h appeared, the rain stopped and the wind eased a little and even came square (ish) onto the hill.
Having tested the air , no time was wasted in getting Steve airborne for day two of his hill conversion on the Hang Glider. In conditions stronger than he had previously flown he did a fine job putting a good 20 minutes whilst sussing new techniques before coming in for a good top landing. Rick H was next up and had fun on a couple of flights which clearly showed Steve a trick or two as on Steves next flight he got at least twice as high as on his first. Both put in good top landings in the fresh conditions and both had a fun time with Steve now qualifying as a hill rated CPC in addition to his Tow CPC, well done.
Visiting pilot Dirk from Australia borrowed a Calypso and put in 20 minutes having fun to get his flying fix in the UK before moving on to Italy.
It was an early finish as we were off to pick up Big Nick and Paula for a short holiday which would hopefully included a Balloon flight booked for the evening along with Pete and Angie. Having spent a super afternoon on Bodmin Moor where it was still breezy we were amazed when Coady advised us that the flight was still planned to go ahead. As if by magic the wind dropped and 16 of us piled into the basket of a HUGE balloon to enjoy a flight of well over an hour across east Cornwall before a superb landing in Devon. if you haven't tried one i would fully recommend getting up in a balloon if you can. Nick and Paula had a great time with the only mishap my hair catching on fire which was quickly extinguished with copious amounts of champagne. Quite amazing when you consider the weather we have had that the flight took place on the booked date making it a very special day, sunshine's on the righteous.... and us.

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