11.00 saw us at Chapel Porth with the orographic just above the hill, 11.15 saw me in the air with the cloud lifting to a few hundred feet and the beach a good size. 11.30 saw Paul L up and away on his first soaring flight on a hanger as the cloud moved away and conditions improved to near perfect.
Paul had a great flight settling in quickly and his confidence building with each beat in the plentiful lift. 15 minutes later and he came in for his first top landing making it look easy to round off his first flight of his hill conversion.
Next off was daisy on his Sport 2 and trying out his new Tenax. After a brief rest paul joined him and in slightly different conditions had to work a bit harder as the wind moved off to the south a bit reducing the lift available. Another 15 minute flight and Paul slipped in for a top landing although a slightly generous turn saw him short of the normal area.
Daisy landed for a harness tweeking and was soon off again as the wind swung back on and picked up making it better than the first time so Paul again joined him in the air. The wind steadily filled in and whilst the lift increased penetration for Paul on the Falcon started to become more challenging so he popped back in for a nice top landing giving him a total of 45 minutes airtime and three flights for the day as the tide returned over the beach.
Daisy kindly offered me the use of his glider for a view over the top of the returning orographic and what a super flight i had taking her up to just over 1000' before playing around with the clouds and then slipping back down to land.
Well done to Paul who looked pretty pleased with himself another good day should see him sorted. Sorry NW that you missed it but I am sure you are due an absolute cracker soon.
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