What a cracking start to the day
With only one student booked in it was always going to be a relaxing day in the field or so we thought. Graham A (Plympton) alias Billy Whizz was along to start paragliding training having decided to switch from hang gliding due to the need for portability, shame though as he was a well above average hangy student on the few days he did.
Conditions were ideal and we had the field to ourselves, well other than a few sheep as we worked through the ground based activities. Graham was as attentive as ever and soon picked up the basics, by lunch time he was ready to tow so after a refresh tow brief Kaz arrived and hopped onto the winch and we got going.
Graham A on his first high flight at the end of his first day!
What a cracking afternoon we had with Graham improving with each and every tow in what can only be described as ideal conditions. By the end of play he had put away 15 tows and manged 3 flights to the top of the line (and back) all with stand up landings looking as pretty as you please taking through all of his EPC flying tasks and even a few CPC ones.
Coming into land with the low cloud in the back ground
as the day drew on some super low cloud moved in over St Ives giving spectacular views and gray even had enogh time to take them in putting the icing on the cake.
By 17.00 we had all had enough so wound the day up but Grays smile said it all. next time out he will need to catch up on the ground handling and theory but all looks well for later in the week so watch this space. well done to both Graham and Kaz for making my life easy :)
Well that just about says it all
The evening saw us in the pub at a meeting with the KHPA coaches which proved very positive and hopefully will ease the transfer of students as they leave the school and join the local fliers on the hill any suggestions or feed back on this from all levels of pilots are welcome.
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