We headed to Perranporth as the rain stopped on our arrival was well timed with conditions improving and becoming flyable.
The hangies rigged whilst i checked out conditions on a Paraglider to find them spot on. Sam K headed up from Perranporth town with his Paraglider to hopefully get his second day on the hill in.
Carez led the way on the hangers followed by Paul H on his maiden flight on his new Wills Wing Falcon 195 rigged for seated. The "Baron" had a fine time floating up and down looking very retro before coming back in for a harness height adjustment before setting off again with a big smile.
Next Sam K was off on his Paraglider and had a super 20 minutes in improving conditions before making an excellent top landing to complete his third soaring flight. Sam wasted no time in getting up there again this time with a little more breeze to contend with but again he did gaining much more height as the lift also picked up. Another top landing see's him sorted so keep an eye out for him on the hills.
Anthia C came along for a tandem flight and we had a super one on the Paraglider playing with the lift and just enjoying the whole evening as the sun shone, what a bonus after such a rainy start to the day. Anthia just loved it and so nice to take someone up whole appreciates it so much.
Conditions were much better for the Hangies so Gay J got up there on her maiden flight on her new Wills Wing Sport 2 135. She looked smooth from the word go and soon settled into the glider. Having got to grips with the basics she practiced flying in landing mode at height then came in to perform a super top landing first time. Gay was well impressed with the wing and especially its landing characteristics. Think we shall see a lot more of Paul and Gay in the air on hangies from here on, hooray!
Dan L (Truro) was now rigged and ready to go on his first hill flight on a Hangy having learnt with us on the winch and despite pre flight nerves he did an excellent job with a good take off being followed by 20 minutes of super soaring. As Dan relaxed his confidence and his height grew allowing him to come in for a top landing. Back on the ground he could hardly believe what he had just achieved and did not stop smiling from then on, nice one Dan.
Voytek was also out giving us some entertainment on his hanger as he came into top land but he had a nice evening and was happy enough.
Margret K got in some more tethering on the Hang Glider and started to get more of a feel along with how effective full body weight shift can be.
Kaz who had been up on her Paraglider swapped camps and went up on her Hang Glider to round the day off landing just before the sun set leaving us packing up in the near dark!
A cracking few hours was had by all, Well timed, Well flown and Well done to all
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