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Thursday, July 09, 2015

This, that and the other


Kaz at work

Light winds and sunshine saw us off to the field with a varied group to keep us busy.  Markus H turned up little early as on day one on a Hang Glider we needed to get him up and going before the others arrived.

In the field we got moving quickly and I was soon running around with Markus as he got his first fell of a Hang Glider.  Steve B arrived having not been with us since September for a refresh day as he approaches the end of his Paragliding course and it was  not long before Rodney A and Peter F turned up both on a mission to Paramotor.


Waiting for the wind to settle

Whilst I worked away with Markus Kaz got the others sorted with a bit of ground handling and sweetened up their forward launches.  Chris H joined us a got the Falcon rigged ready to complete his CPC Hang gliding.  The wind messed about a bit so we took the opportunity to get the Power abort runs in with Peter F on the Paramotor.  Pete had done well with his ground handling with the unit on his back but it was a different game with the engine running ;)  It does not take long to get tired at that game and pretty soon he was ready for a rest.


Pete gets to grips with the Paramotor

The wind still played abound Chris's eyes started to run as his Hay fever cut in Big time.  Finally the wind settled and we got the winch going.  Steve B recapped on his flights and got back into the swing of things before finishing his day with a nice high flights to the top. Rodney A continued into his EPC flights and did well as he goes a little higher and the turns build.  Markus gave it his all on the Hangy and had me running across the field hanging on to the king post tether.  A little less thinking and a little more fitness would help him but he did manage a couple of short flights by the end of the day.


Rodney moves a little higher


and Steve even higher

Chris sat it out up with the winch and chased a few sheep but his streaming eyes kept him on the ground which was a good decision.

Finally as the guys derived Peter F gor back into the Paramotor and finished off his power bout runs before going for it.  A hop skip and a jump saw not the cleanest of launches but an acceptable one and he was away for a nice flight around the filed. starting off a little wobbly he soon settled down and loved it before coming in for good stand up landing and a huge smile to round off a fun day.

Quote of the day "AAAAAAAchooooooo"
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