Saturday, 30 October 2010

Flying on my Birthday!

Well as it was my birthday and it was flyable, I think it would be rude not to fly don't you? For a bit more excitement I thought I would fly from Winklebury to Monks Down (flying sites in Dorset) and practice some low level flying. Apart from misjudging the lift on the way back to Winklebury and doing a down wind crash landing in the bowl at the bottom, I don't think that it went too badly. I have uploaded it to Vimeo and Youtube so you can choose your poison... 



Richard

Sunday, 24 October 2010

Harting sunday 24th october

Harting down  northerly 10 mph
launched 1230 having seeen PG's doing well at Treyford
picked up some lift at Beacon hill and cruised past Treyford and on to Cocking but failed to get enough to comfortably cross the gap
Pg's now found a thermal so came back to them and got up to 2200 asl
Came back to ridge after a while to find a sailplane wandering around with engine/sustainer
running looking for lift
flew back to harting and landed to see what was holding up Bruce and Grant who promply dissappeared towards Beacon
threw a Graham and Tony off the hill.
 nice flying  and landing Graham
Flew again for another hour and got a cloud street to 3000
some bloke called Jim was there
Had something to do with filming "only fools and horses"
borrowed my glider and i didn't htink i wa going to get it back
nice flight Mr Chairmen
Tim King
  

Wednesday, 20 October 2010

Westbury 20th October

Sky surfers secret day out to westbury
nice cold night followed by a bright morning was going to give a good days flying
slightly to much wind meant that going upwind was going to be difficult but several cloud streets helped although they seemed to dissipate and build quickly
very good climbs to 4500 asl helped me to just short of Trowbridge before i turned back for westbury although Tony S carried on past the town to the Kennet canal
Got back to the white horse and found myself another street and cruised round a 20 km triangle and a 3 hour flight
great for october and good to see low airtime pilots having some good flights too
Tim King

Saturday, 9 October 2010

Windsor, London 9th October


Paid a visit to Windsor today and was shocked to see this guy paragliding. Does he not know he is within controlled airspace on the main approach to Heathrow? Totally irresponsible.

Also, and Im no expert, but Lego is probably not a good construction material for a paraglider? Im guessing his wing is not BHPA certified.....

James R

Friday, 8 October 2010

Mercury Friday 8th


Arrived at 12.30 to find a few PGs and a few hangers, one PG in the air. Quickly rigged and stood on launch, it was that annoying wind speed that was right for both disciplines.

Waited an hour then launched, seemingly at the same time as a few PGs so a bit of weaving about. Only lasted 10 mins and they got the better of me (thanks to Ian for the retrive). Just as an observation there is not enough looking before turning going on - not exaggerating - I'm seeing your hands go down to execute the turn before your head turns to look.

Second flight was better as the wind had picked up and had a pleasant 45 mins at height, some thermic activity but it was slightly off to the SE so a bit rough.

Weekend looks good!

James Roy