Phil up and away on his first hill flight
Classic shot as Phil enjoys hill soaring for the first time
On the way it was apparent that the wind was already more to the west than forecast sowe changed course and arrived at Chapel Porth where the breeze was light but nicely on. Whilst Phil got his kit sorted Kaz and myself tested the air and found it lifty enough but still on the light side for Phil, still no worries we could do with a bit more beach any way.
For the next hour or so the wind and lift came and went giving some nice flying slots followed by some not so nice ones seeing various pilots beach landing or slope landing as well as top landing, still not good enough for Phil. Low tide was at 11.15 and the beach was massive (for Chapel) with the old ships boiler clearly visible. A slight change in the breeze saw Phil clipped in and ready to go where he stayed for about 25 minutes whilst we ate sandwiches! His patence was rewarded and as conditions became good he was second off the hill into some lovely lift which soon saw him up and away.
A cracking flight was followed by a cracking top landing and a cracking grin, his first flight off the hill and all the boxes ticked. A short debrief and he was off again in slightly breezier conditions needing a take off from the slope which he dealt with well. The sky quickly filled with other gliders and Phil enjoyed another super 20 minutes as the wind continued to fill. He got the chance to use both his speed bar and Big ears to good effect before coming back in for another first class top landing.
With the tide well onits way back in he spent the next couple of hours watching and learning from the other pilots as conditions stayed pretty much perfect until mid afaternoon when things picked up alittle more making it top end.
Good to see so many out and good to see Bill N back out playing after the Flu shame it wasn't Flew Bill
Nice one and lets hope for another day like it soon :)
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