With a bit of dampness in the air we went through the theory side and checked out the tasks already well covered in his training. Spot on time the skies cleared and the sun came out as did the Paramotor and the wing :) Geoff got his first taste of ground handling with a power unit on his back which stated off less than ideally reinforcing tha fact that you can never practice it enough.
Ready to "play"
Still with a bit of encouragement and a few rests he soon improved and by lunchtime what seemed impossible started to become doable. Next we got the beast fired up and practiced some runs under power up to take off stage which went well. With conditions mellowing and after a test of the kit and the air by yours truly Geoff was ready for the BIG One. Suitably nervous he went for it and on his second attempt made a fine launch up and away.
Flying high Geoff just loving it
somewhere in there is Geoff and the Banner Plane
He soon settled in and climbed nicely to enjoy a super flight around the field clocking up his first 15 minutes of solid airtime. Despite the still lumpy conditions he relaxed a little and enough to come in and do a pretty acceptable landing all rounded off with a huge smile.
Sums it up
A cracking day for him and a tough one as well but hopefully thats the bulk of it sorted and things should get easier from here. Great to watch Wyn D coring away from "the Brea" under a good looking sky and nice to talk to Chris H to find out what was going on.
the evening sunset :00
A nice spot of fishing in the evening saw plenty of Mackeral to pop in the smoker, nice
Quote of the day "I wish I had"
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