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Sunday, September 26, 2010

Lots of fun in the field

Millie after her tandem well done

Tow brief (they look interested! )

Claire shows her father in law Ray how to do it

It was always going to be a busy one and with a good forecast we had a full day in the field.
Unusually it was a day full of taster days with a mixture of hangers and Para's to keep us occupied.

On the Paragliding front we had mates Dave C and Ben M from Fowey and Downderry along wit Millie Ben's daughter for a Tandem flight. Neil C and Hattie D from St Ives who came along having seen us flying at Carbis Bay. Kate R from Plymouth who had her day as a birthday present and Claire D-S from Yelverton who had her day from her father in law (Ray) who we taught to fly a few years back.

The hangies were "Peri" J down from Hereford to try out the sport with a view to taking it up and Margret K from Cullompton who is married to the famous Voytek who we taught several years ago on his hang glider.
Kaz and myself cracked on with the Para's whilst Tim took the hangers and everyone worked well through the ground handling stages with some of the Para's excelling themselves and looking very competent for day one'rs. The field also saw a few visitors (Ray D, Tony P, Nigel W and Bill N) and by midday it was a hive of activity and colour as the paragliders ground handled and the hangies did their ground runs.

Mid afternoon saw us get then going on the winch with Neil leading the way, he set the standard high and the rest did not disappoint as the went from zero to hero putting in some excellent flight across the field and all behaving (well almost) so keeping me stress free.

The hangies joined in the fun and were soon getting their first flights complete with tethers and improving with each one. Peri did very well with some excellent flights and Margret started to get the hang of it with a little help from the tethers.

Millie came up for a tandem flight and had a ball along with putting me through my paces being a little too keen to try the release out, still at least i knew she knew how to do it!

Well done to all the Guys and Girls and thank you for making it such a good day.

Many thanks to the guys for helping out and especially to Bill for helping to search for my phone in the dark at the end of play, yes we did finally find it .

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Peregrine said...

Sunday 26th (my birthday/taster day!). Brilliant introduction to hang gliding! We had a great day on the field - thank you so much for 10hrs of fun and good company. I'm hooked now so will hopefully be back for more. If anyone is thinking of starting hang gliding, you couldn't find a better place for professional training where safety is always paramount. That first feeling of 'lift' whilst on the winch in the afternoon, I'll never forget! Perry & Shaaloo Jackson (Hereford)

28 September 2010 at 22:37

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