Converts and Convicts ?

Well an unusual day in the tow field with a good mixture going on from taster days through to Tow conversions with a bit of hang Gliding and Paramotoring thrown in for good measure.

Whilst Kaz cracked on with James B (Gweek) and Bev P (Barnstable) who were both one day one and were joined by Julian M who was back to carry on with his course having only done the basics a few months ago I tried to get the winch up and running.

However with the wind switching we held fire and brought Richard O (N.Devon) up to speed on towing theory as he was along for a tow conversion and hoping to put a few concerns about it to rest.  The fickle wind gave us time to get the hand tows done and in fact everyone was sorted by the time it did "settle" down so everyone got going together.

Richard had a good time gettingbhis first taste of towing and rattling off twelve by the end of the day and looking very comfortable with it even on his EN D super wing which floated around the field on the lightest of thermals, maybe it was partly down to the pilot as well ;)

Barney A (N.Devon) was back to continue his conversion onto Hang Gliding and had a fun time experiencing a line break before deciding to escape the field for an outlanding before rounding of his day with a super flight as it all came together, still it's all about learning.

Steve L was back and moved into his instability tasks putting away some nice Big ears before carrying out some active flying the first of which was fairly ACTIVE. Another good day should see him sorted and ready for the hill.

Julian  got going along with James and Bev and all three did good jobs of their first tows and flights progressing nicely as they got higher on each flight.  In fact by the end of play they were all looking really sweet and landing like they knew what they were doing! Check out a clip of Bev's last flight here .

In between all of this Kieth W (N Devon) managed not only a lot of ground handling but also a quick flight on his shiny new power unit  and hopefully next time he will get into his harness making life more comfortable.

Colin N decided to devote his time to ground handling and spent the whole day at it by the end of which not only saw him getting it sorted but also losing him a few kilo's ........

Thanks to Graham M for his patience as we moved around the field and to all for being such a fun group. hopefully Richards thoughts on towing are now all good and be good to see him thermal away from us sometime.

Quote of the day "Oh WOW, Oh WOW, Oh WOW" and that was whilst she was flying !