Finally it was time to get back in the field and to get some training underway having not been there since before Christmas. The sheep had done a great job and the grass looked like it had been freshly mown!
The student split was 50/50 with Miles T (Illogan) back after a 6 month break to continue his CPC Paragliding, Kieth W (Barnstaple) and Peter F (St Mabyn) both back for their second days on Paragliders. They were joined by three newbies, Todd A (Totnes) who had some paragliding in Spain, Tristan J (Torquay) who also had some previous experience and Shaun S (Penzance) who had no previous .....
Everyone got going as soon as we hit the field and it was not long before gliders were popping up as the ground handling got underway. Whilst the newbies carried on with Kaz (assisted by Steve M, thanks Steve) the other three got onto the winch and into the air. I took the opportunity to do the test flights on a brand new Ozone Element 2 straight out of the bag which just reminds me how nice new gliders are ;).
Miles was quickly back into the swing of things and finished off his weight shift tasks before moving nicely into speed bar. Keith W moved through release flights into gentle turns as did Peter F both improving steadily with each flight.
With the Newbies ready to tow they had a bite of lunch just as some drizzle arrived seeing us popping gliders in vans as the sunshine disappeared. As luck would have it by the time we had eaten and carried out the tow brief the drizzle stopped and it was all go. Todd A led the way for day ones and did a pretty good job but also leaving plenty for the others to improve on! Tristan was next and made it all look pretty simple which only left Shuan. Based on Coady's well proven theory that one in three day oners jump into the air on take off Shuan was now convinced it would be him, he need not have worried, he did a fine job returning with a huge grin on his face.
We worked hard until the light began to fade and all the day oners got through to first release flights and were impressed enough to sign up to carry on so watch this Blog.
Back home and with a van full of wet kit we had to summon Phil L to come around and remove his kit. hangy and Para, from the drying room where it had been following a damp time at Struddick a few days ago so we could hang the gliders out to dry. Hopefully they won't take long and we will be ready for the next good day.
Quote of the day "you can take the back end if you like"
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