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Saturday, September 19, 2009

Happy days

Justin H gets the feel of Torque with the Paramotor unit

Mark f comes in to Land whilst Pete C deals with the Hangy boys

Garry T "flies" in on his Tandem flight

The Hangy boys discuss tatics
Steve McQueen alive and kicking

Things were a bit busier than yesterday with us at full capacity.
Pete C took charge of the three Hang Glider taster Days, Kaz the Paraglider Taster Day whilst I looked after the two Paramotor boys and the "normal" students.
Julian and Justin H (Devon) were soon at it working their way through the paramotor book and realizing just how much they had already done on the winch setting them up perfectly for converting to Paramotors. Next it was a bit of theory then introduction to the unit and running with it. always quite entertaining but these boys like their power and looked very at home with it.
Whilst they then went of to practice their ground handling Fiona A (Torrington) and Mark F (Camborne) got onto the winch and had a great hour or so towing up resulting in Fiona completing all her CPC tasks including Big Ears and Asymmetric's which she performed with some entusiasim..... mark sorted out his Launch Marshaling so is now a Qualified CPC Tow, congratulations.
Meanwhile Pete C was working away steadily with Terry P (Devon), Dan G (Exeter) and Dan L (?) on the Hang Glider doing a fine job. They all worked hard and by early afternoon were hand towing and then ready for the winch.
Mac M (Dobwalls) under Kaz's guidance perfected his ground handling and was soon on the winch putting away 5 flights by the end of his taster day including 2 release ones so ending on a real high.
The Hangy boys then took over on the winch and had a great time starting with "moon walking" before getting their feet off the ground. by the close of play they had all got the hang of it and were flying nicely across the field with PC chasing hard on the tether. Their overall progress was excellent and a credit to Pete C.
Gary T dropped by for a tandem flight and was amazed by the whole experience, always good to take such people, maybe he will be back for some solo flying.
The day rounded off with myself getting in a demo' flight on the Paramotor and very nice it was to.
Another busy one but again loads done and great student progress.

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