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Sunday, May 05, 2013

Thermic Sunday

After the fun on the hill yesterday it was a change to get back into the field with some day oners.

Jenny S (Falmouth) and Gary T (St Austell) were along to for the first day of Hang Gliding and Paragliding respectively.  Whilst Tim looked after Jenny on the Hangy I took Gary on the Para and we worked through the morning in what turned out to be variable conditions as the sea breeze tried to establish itself over the field.


The Condor floats in

Lunchtime saw the arrival of Ollie C ( now qualified) for some experience tows and also some thermic conditions as the sea breeze gave up and the wind backed to the south.  A few test flights on both the Hangy and the Paraglider saw us on hold as we waited for things to mellow with a bit of theory.  Finally the clouds thinned back and we got going after Phil L kindly tested the air once more.



Landing as the sky begins to thin

Ollie made the most of it putting in his first thermal flight as he circled round and round in lift and just loved every second of it.  Jenny was next off on the Hangy and did a fine job improving with each flight as she relaxed more and more letting the glider fly and getting her weight shift sorted. By the end of play she was looking good and hopefully the tethers will be off next time out.

Gary got his first flight on the paraglider and just came back with a bigger grin after each one!  He did a great job and moved through the low flights into releases and even gentle turns by the end of the day.  To be fair everyone had to be on the ball as conditions were not super smooth so being pilots was the order of the day not just passengers.

Looking forward to more next time.

Quote of the day "Wow"



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