Two up on Tuesday

Another early start saw me rigging my Wills Wing T2 C at Perranporth as daylight came and we waited for the students to arrive.  Frank H (Bodmin) was spot on time at 8.30 and just in time to me launch into a very pleasant WNW breeze to build some more time on the hangy.  Conditions were much smoother than the last couple of flights giving an opportunity to not only relax and feel how a few tuning alterations had panned out but also to get the bar in and scoot along the dunes at high speed and get used to the bar pressures.

Whilst Frank got ready and waited for the wind to ease a little I had some fun and was somewhat entertained by someone at the golf club end "launching" on a very small wing indeed in some very strange places and hurtling to the beach, why ??

Frank looking good 

The wind duly eased as forecast and I nipped in and hopped onto the medium Ozone Element 2 to test the air for Frank who was about to do his first flight off the hill.  All good and it was Frank next who was soon up there and wondering how to get down!  10 minutes later he was back on top and ready to go again.  By the end of play he had put in 5 soaring and top landing flights and 1 to the beach as the wind went off and dropped further, still an excellent day for him.

Bill joins in the fun as frank gets some hill flights in

Alistair S also made it down from Devon and timed it well to get his first real taste of the hill with some ground handling to get him back into things.  Next it was a hill brief and after watching several "demo's" by frank he too was up and away on his first hill flight.  Despite conditions starting to drop off Alistair made a fine job of it and was soon looking smooth and relaxed before coming in for a first class top landing with a massive grin:)

a bit of ground handling then .....

Alistair gets his first hill flight in

Happy chaise at the end of a good mornings work ;)

 Conditions continued to deteriorate and with rain on the horizon we called it a day and were out of there by 14.00.  Well done guys and thank you to Bill N and Michel K for giving them someone to fly with and to Kaz for the brioche.

Quote of the day "you look like you should be a hangy pilot"     "what do mean by that?"