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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Patience is a virtue

Driving into the field you could have been in France picking up a pilot from an out landing, boy is this Cornwall at it's best :) .

The sun was out the wind was light and the guys were up for it so whilst  Kaz got Heath L(St Austell)  and Sean (Falmouth) going on their taster days with the Paragliders I got Jamie (Penryn) started on the Hangy.  The light winds became fickle making it hard going all round but think the Hangy had the upper hand, probably youth was on it's side!


Jamie gets set to go whilst the Paragliders play 


A bit of a rest and with the wind filling in it was all goo. Now the Paragliders had a different challenge with wings inflating easily and not quite so willing to come down! The Hangy just adapted and Jamie was soon "flying" it across the field as he practiced the ground work.

Lunch cooled us down and gave a welcome break before we set the winch out and with conditions still on the breezy side we opted to get the Hangy going.  One demo flight and the wind flicked direction, all move.  By the time we had reset the wind dropped off to next to nothing so time to catch up wight the hand tows on the Para's.  Boy it was hot, but with Peachy as the "winch" and the guys behaving we got through them with out collapsing!

Ready to go and the wind was zero, we waited for a little breeze and finally it came so we cracked on with the Paragliders.  Heath and Sean both got their first flights in and by their third ones were looking pretty good with good take offs , smooth control movements and stand up landings, sweet.

Frank H (Bodmin) and Geoff P (Plymouth) finished off their EPC flights and did their first high flights seeing big grins on their faces and Frank almost got excited, but not quite.

Jamie had been as patient as they come and it was well rewarded as thew breeze filled in a little making it easier for his first flights on the Hangy.  A nice moonwalk was followed by a few low flights on the tethers and he rounded his day off with a stunning flight across the field with no tethers at all, brill!


The crew
Peachy the bike, Geoff, Sean, Heath and Frank
oh and yes Jamie sneaking in in between!

So a long old day and lots of effort but a good result all round, well done guys and gal and big thanks to Peachy for being Steve Mc Queen for the day.

Quote of the day "who sat on my lunch box?"
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