The long wait

Martin H and Rick H check out the Mars at the start of the day

Kev T enjoys his new Buzz Z on the first of many flights

Kev looking happy and playing on the ground

Dave (only turns up at dusk) L puts in one of his qualifying soaring flights

Dave and Steve D sharing the late lift on matching Mojo 3's

With another nice day on the cards at Perranporth we headed out arriving on site at 10.00. The wind was a little on the light side for the Hangers and well off to the north. Still with a huge beach opening up it was a good opportunity for Martin H (Bristol) to show us what he could do without the tethers. It wasn't long and he was off for a top to bottom on the Hang Glider and did a good flight and tidy landing as planned. With the wind remaining the same Derek D had to wait as it was barely soarable on the Paragliders with lots a scratching going on inter spaced with periods of better lift, but not good for Hang Gliders top landing.

Kevin T picked up his new Ozone Buzz Z and fell in love with it straight away. He had a cracking day putting in so many flights we lost count whilst exploring the wings abilities (and his own), he must have put in nearly 5 hours by the end of the day.

Meanwhile we retrieved Martin from the beach and after a rest he was off again looking neater than the first. Another walk up a bite of lunch and off he went again with a flight about as good as they get despite the wind being even further off. The hard work out of the way martin could "relax" whilst we wait for soaring conditions which is his next task.

Slowly the wind came a little more on the hill improving things for the Paragliders but always not quite good enough for the Hangers although Paul h and myself had a couple of flights on them, Derek waited.

A lot of Paragliding went on with a good number of pilots on site including Sam A who recently qualified and had a good time building experience with the help of Uncle Bill. John W got to fly in his new Woody Valley Peak 2 harness and gave it the thumbs up, always nice to see a happy customer.

News was that Dave L (Camelford way) was on his way to hopefully complete his hill conversion so we waited for him to arrive which he did along with Steve D by about 19.30. Conditions were fine for him and it wasn't long before he was up there on his Mojo 3 cruising around at the top of the stack, these things really do go up well. 3 good flights and top landings later he was sorted and with a big smile is now a fully qualified CPC pilot so watch out for him on the hills.

Derek finally threw the towel in as the wind came on and dropped!! Still patience is a virtue and rather that than have given up early and missed it. We left site at 22.00, a twelve hour day on the hill.

Quote of the day "come with me Sam, it feels better down the front" ........................