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Sunday, March 21, 2010

The Lucky Ones

Zoe gets the basics of flight contro;l in the "stimulator" !

Ollie gets a feel for the glider with some hand tows

Oliie's first off on the winch as his feet leave the ground

Zoe still smiling as she starts her first towed flight

Zoe looking straight and level as she flies across the field by the end of the day.

Zoe and Ollie were down from London for the weekend and wanted to try something different so booked in for a taster day on the Hangers. During a week of unsettled weather amazingly the slot arrived on the day they were booked in so it was off to the Tow field for a day of fun.
They both did really well with the fresh breeze making the ground work more about glider control and less about running. By just after lunch they tired me out on the hand tows then it was off to the winch. Ollie went first and to be fair did a good job putting in two flights across the field before putting a bit of mud on his knees. Zoe took note and did very well keeping the glider on line before landing gently onto her feet and looking like she had done it before.
Their next flights got better and better and by the end of the day they both ended up with a couple of crackers getting up as high as they wanted and landing well.
A good day and so nice to see the younger generation having a go especially on the Hang Gliders.
Quote of the day " that was no where near as scary as I thought it would be" not sure just how scary that is though..................

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