With freshly cut grass making the field a real pleasure life was good. Whilst Kaz got going with Frank H and Geoff P both along for day one of Paragliding / Paramotoring courses respectively I got on with Fergie and Treeve who were back for more Paramotor fun.
The Paramotor boys get going
Treeve was first off and after a bit of ground play and a dummy take off he was set to go and go he did. A fine take off despite the heavier payload was followed by 10 minutes of pain as Treeve struggled to get into the nearness. A waggle of the legs in response to"would you like to land?" saw him come in and land as pretty as you please, can't be bad.
Treeves face says it all .......
Another good landing on the cards
A bit of strap fiddling and Fergie got clipped in and was soon away performing a perfect launch and having a cracking flight out to the coast enjoying the view as well as not having to struggle to stay up. Another top notch landing with out any encouragement and a big Fergie smile, nice. With the fear of having his manhood finished off permanently Treeve got into the harness his eyes almost watering at the thought. However, after a good launch the strap adjustments did their job and Treeve slid in nicely much to his delight. A super flight ensued sand it was a much happier pilot that came in for a super landing, these boys are good.
Frank gets it up
Geoff ready for a pulling by Peachy
With the Day Ones ready to go we got the winch set up whilst the Paramotor boys refuelled and changed wings. Peachy did a "demo'" flight followed by another by me just to make sure then it was franks first flight. In a light breeze he was off and did a great job flying as smooth as you like and not jumping at take off as promised. In fact it all went so well that after a soft landing he sat down with a huge grin.
No pressure on Geoff then, in fact half as good would have been fine but Geoff pulled out all the stops and did just as well and even stayed on his feet at landing, super. With the Paramotor having popped in some more flights and exploring the surrounding area the sea breeze finally collapsed and the WSW breeze moved in seeing us swap ends and reset for the tows.
Quick Treeve get the camera, Fergies coming in !
Playmates
By the time we were sorted conditions were perfect and both Frank and Geoff rounded off their days with another couple of good flights. Baked in the sun it was a tired crew that packed up before we abandoned the kit in the field and headed west lots of pasta and bacon.
Kaz and Phil get some moves going as I get my dancing shoes on.
looking forward to getting the guys up again as they move into their EPC's swell as having more fun with the Paramotor duo.
Quote of the day " stop the pain but leave the swelling - please"
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