Well nearly anyway. Carl R was back down to hopefully complete his hill soaring conversion after a cracking evening a few days ago. Unfortunately on arrival at Perran not only was it light and off but due to an incident on the beach the coastguard requested us not to fly as the Police helicopter was due to come in and take some photos.
Sure enough in it came and with it the wind filled in and squared up, sods law! Still it was not there for long and after a quick test of the air Carl was off and away on his 3 rd hill flight and once again making it look easy. He had a fun 15 minutes before coming in and popping his Z4 back in on top in good fashion. Wasting no time he was soon off again but this time the wind dropped and the lift with it. One by one the other pilots slope landed leaving Carl scratching along the dunes on his own. Patience is a virtue and he needed plenty of it but finally we did manage to get him back in on the front so saving a walk up.
The wind did what the wind does but eventually it came on a bit and gliders began to stay up. Bev P gave it a go and did a fine job in the light conditions before heading to the beach after a go 10 minutes or more. Carl as ever was up for it but a couple of beats saw him come in for a slope landing. With rain on the horizon we were just about to pack up when the wind filled all be it a bit off to the left. Making use of the slot he ws away and soon climbing nicely in the moderate breeze. With plenty of height it was another top landing to round off his his hill conversion with a big smile.
Off to the pub to celebrate as the first rain drops began to fall. Nice on Carl on completing your qualifications and it's been great teaching you, have you got a twin who wants to learn??
Quote of the day "last one to fly it packs it" guess that will be Phil then
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