Carbis Capers

 Martin J enjoys the air on his first hill soaring flight

 Coming in for his first top landing and looking good

 Dave has a great tandem flight in super conditions

 Kaz climbs up on the ASKA

 The ASKA gets put through it's paces by Kaz

 "How much fun is that"

 Phil gets in on the act

After a damp start to the day with no wind at all the forecast breeze arrived around midday and pilots headed to the hills. Some went to Sennen some to St Agnes and we headed to Carbis and with a Northerly or there abouts all three should have been ok.

At Carbis the wind was smack on and around 16 mph on arrival so after a quick test of the air on the Delta we wasted no time in getting Martin J (Plymouth) up and away for his first hill soaring flight on his Gin Bolero 4.  Martin did a super job of it having only been to the hill once before and then in very light winds.  He dealt with the ground handling well and after a couple of beats looked relaxed and smooth as he shared the air with Kaz.

Then it was time to top land, in he cam on the perfect track and popped her down pretty as you please looking just like he had done it all before.  Nice one and well done.

With Martin on the ground Phil l arrived and joined Kaz for some fun flying on his Buzz Z3 whilst I debriefed a still smiling Martin.  Dave (Beacon) arrived along with his wife Jenny (spectating) for a tandem flight and in cracking conditions we were soon up and away for a super flight. With bits of sea thermal drifting through Dave got a chance to fly the glider whilst we had a good old chat.  Back on the ground the chat continued with jenny joining in and it would not surprise me to see them pop by the field sometime.

By now the wind was on the increase which Phil proved with his second flight during which speed bar became the norm rather than the exception. Stiill he realised what was on and made a fine job of coming back in on top and did a cracking landing all in total control.

What next?? Well you guessed it whilst Kaz packed her wing i sneaked out the ASKA and was up and away for some ASKA fun. Conditions were just ideal with nice solid lift yet easy enough to get around at will.  A couple of flights and it was Kaz's turn to have a go.  She had no problems either on the ground or in the air and settled into it quickly.  By the end of play she had popped in four flights and was grinning like a Cheshire cat.  "how much fun is that" was the quote, guess that's the end of my fun then!

Phil L had a quick ground play with it but with the tide in we thought better of throwing him off just in case ...... even so he adapted quickly to the wing and made easy work of it. No doubt the combination of the harness and wing is superb, come and try it.

So a fun afternoon with things achieved and happy pilots and passengers what more can you ask. Oh yes and we even managed to cut the grass when we got home :)