Having successfully made it to Redruth I picked him up from the railway station and we headed to Perranporth where amazingly it looked doable :) We wasted no time in rigging the Hangy and after the brief and checks were soon on launch. A couple of steps and we were away into the blue and soon floating nicely above the cliffs and dunes. Ralph just loved it and with the added bonus of some very close views of a Kestrel that flew with us it was something special.
Kaz dives for cover as Ralph and myself go for it
The lift varied from pretty good to not so good and bit by bit it dropped off leaving us scratching around as the Paragliders began to launch. The sight of them also struggling did not inspire hope for a top landing so after a super flight we opted for the beach where we had a classic landing on the wheels, they are always such good fun. Thanks to hangy Dave for the help up the dune where, having passed Ralph over to Kaz to drive him to the station where he caught his train with one minute to spare (this guy is seriously lucky) I managed to fly the glider back up saving a full on carry up.
just classic
on the beach ........
A bit of a rest then with the wind filling in it was Darrens (Plymouth) turn on the Hangy n what were now loftier if bouncier conditions. We had a fun time with Darren achieving a long time desire to experience Hang Gliding and finally getting his 40th Birthday present! With plenty of height to play with came back in on top for gentle landing having observed Hangy Daves excitement from the air ;)
Darren gets the camera angle
the moment of aviation
Ian was along for a Tandem Paraglide and with the forecast for the wind to ease back he patiently waited. the site of the hangies however impressed him sufficiently to get him to give it a go. Harnessed up and briefed the wind duly eased so it was back to plan A and out came the Paraglider.
Up and away there was plenty of lift as we mixed it with a few others who had also waited on. Again the lift came and went making it a game of chess to stay in the best areas as we shared the air with Colin N who was having a ball. With some nice lift coming through we popped in for a top landing as the clouds darkened out to sea and the sun got low. Ian had a great time and we look forward to seeing him back for a go on the Hangy soon :)
Colin was last one in as darkness fell making the most of it as usual and kindly helped me reload the hangies back onto the van in the gloom.
A fun day again with plenty going on which varied from the exciting to the very exciting to the more than exciting ....
Quote of the day "for that kind of excitement it should have lasted longer"
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