Birthday wishes come true!

 Lyndsey gets airbourne on the Tandem HG

 Up and away as we head out into the blue

 Cruising the ridge and chasing seagulls

 A rare site as I get to fly my T2 C

Nigel gives his birthday present the thumbs up :)

We took the forecast on face value and headed to Sennen Cove despite it blowing nearly 40 mph when we left home.  On arrival it was still brisk but ob the drop and by the time we had rigged it was perfect with lots of lift and a good direction.

A quick test of the air on my T2 C confirmed conditions were good so we wasted no time in getting Lyndsay A (Polzeath) up into the air on the tandem hanger, a birthday present he had been bought by his wife.  We had a great flight  using the whole of the ridge, playing with the seagulls, and generally putting the world to rights.  Whilst up we could see others arriving and by the time we landed there were eight 8 other hangers rigged and ready to go.  Lyndsay had a fab' time and proved to be the perfect passenger making life easy and the landing tippy toe.

With Kaz leading the way the others began to take to the air  and soon several wings were up there having fun.  Nigel W who's birthday it was and who had wished for a 18 to 22 NNW wind and sunshine as a present got just what he wanted and made the most of it.  Nigel popped in three super flights on his Wills Wing Sport 2 looking far more settled than on is first flight on Tuesday and by the end of the day had added another hour to his airtime and gained his CPC hill rating. Congratulations and I am sure it was worth the wait.

Michel K dropped by and we took the opportunity to go up tandem so he could get back into hang Gliding and he did a fine job flying me around the sky giving us both much more confidence for his return to the sport.

A total of 10 hangers finally got to fly and nice to see Sam A back in the harness having fun along with the more experienced guys and gals.

As predicted at 15.00 hrs the wind eased back and out came the Paragliders so we took the slot to get Russel S up for his second soaring flight in what proved to be variable conditions. Russel did well managing to"top land" on his first flight whilst a sink cycle saw him on the beach on his second one, still he moves closer to his hill conversion. Several of the hangies got out their paras and had a fine time so getting to fly both in the same day as the conditions changed, ideal.......

Chris H showed us what he can do with his Paraglider on the ground and we look forward to getting him sorted into the system over the next few weeks and flying with him.

I rounded off the day with a final fun flight on the T2 C in nice gentle sea thermic conditions as the sun set having the whole ridge to myself  . So nice to get back on that glider :) 

A Carlsberg day!!!