James
Tuesday, 12 April 2011
Mercury Saturday 9th April
South of east at the start but it came good and there was plenty of lift. Glorious day.
James
Wednesday, 6 April 2011
Monday April 4. Milk Hill
I arrived early at Milk to find a brisk SW'ly blowing. Whilst waiting for Mr King I flew the model glider which seemed to want to fly backwards! must adjust the trim or add lots of ballast!!
Mr King arrived & encouraged me to rig which we duely did.
A wind reading indicated a 20mph gusting 25mph which is at my limit so I decided not to fly but wait for conditions to improve.
Mr King decided to fly & enjoyed a smooth take-off from behind the fence. He quickly gained enough height to progress onto the front ridge where he appeared to be enjoying himself. Wonderful gliders these Atos's.
After a while he appeared to get bored at ridge height pulling over 30mph & took a thermal to cloudbase to find somewhere safer to land!
By this time I had de-rigged in about 20minutes!
A short while later Tim phoned to say he had landed nr Axford about 15k down wind! Tim was in fine spirit & very happy having either survived or having a retrieve organised!
The sun had also come out to play with ever increasing breeze!
stay safe & have fun
Wayne
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