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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Topping out at Perran

A tricky call whether to go towing or to the hill but in the end we opted for the hill based on the wind being brisker than forecast in the morning.

On arrival at Perran it was breezy enough but plenty of paragliders were having fun so we joined in whilst we waited for the students to arrive.

First on site was Anna P (Gwithian) hoping to complete her hill conversion and she was shortly followed by Mike S (Exeter) hoping for the same.  With conditions varying between nicely soarable and scratchy (seeing a few on the beach) we had to pick our times.  Anna was first away and had a good time soaring mixing it with the masses before a little bit less lift and one too many gliders saw her head to the beach.  Still no worries it was not long before she was back up and ready for another flight.

Mike S waited for conditions to improve  stood at launch and his patience was rewarded when Kaz took off and promptly thermalled up to a nice 650 above launch chased by Glen and a stream of others!.  Mike had a cracking flight popping back in on top to complete his hill conversion :).

Anna was quick to join in the fun and rattled off a total of 5 flights by the end of play also gaining her hill conversion so two very happy bunnies. Mike made good use of his new qualification having a ball soaring the cliffs and racking up nearly two hours airtime.

As things quietened down Steve V (Lelant0 turned up for a Tandem flight and was rewarded with a cracker as we caught the evening lift seeing us pop up nice and high and being on the verge of going XC the views were superb.  still we resisted and had a good time playing on the cliffs before landing back on top with big smiles if a little chilly.

Good to see the recent ex students making such good progress and behaving themselves, proud to say i would own up to all of them!

Icing on the cake was a phone call from Coady when we got home who sounded delighted to say the least having flown a nice XC to the Lizard from carn brea in challenging launching conditions on hi hang gilder, fantastic and good to see him back to his old tricks on a hangy .

 Quote of the day " best day at Perran ever"
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Anonymous said...

That's something I'd like to attempt.The paraglider almost gets lost in that brilliant sky!

fruehsara12

28 September 2012 at 17:06

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