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Fun in the Mud
I headed back to launch, burned some height off with some 360's then landed in the muddiest bit of ground I could find
12 Feb 2011
I headed back to launch, burned some height off with some 360's then landed in the muddiest bit of ground I could find
12 Feb 2011
Where's Will?
I watched as Cathy towed Will through a hole in the clouds and continued upwards. We quickly lost sight of them as they continued above the cloud…
01 Nov 2010
I watched as Cathy towed Will through a hole in the clouds and continued upwards. We quickly lost sight of them as they continued above the cloud…
01 Nov 2010
Aerotow Conversion With Flylight
My alarm sounded at 5.30 am, I was suffering from sleep deprivation, a result of a long weekend doing the BHPA club coach course and the commuting and early starts that had accompanied it. Outside, dew coated my glider bag that rested on my car roof and to the east, the first hints of the approaching dawn broke the darkness of night...
25 Oct 2010
My alarm sounded at 5.30 am, I was suffering from sleep deprivation, a result of a long weekend doing the BHPA club coach course and the commuting and early starts that had accompanied it. Outside, dew coated my glider bag that rested on my car roof and to the east, the first hints of the approaching dawn broke the darkness of night...
25 Oct 2010
Not a Good Day to Fly
At a height of 40 feet I was seriously running out of room, then, just as I was about to run out of field, something aggressively lifted the nose skyward. I kacked myself as my glider had never done such an involuntarily manoeuvre and I was close to the ground...
26 Sep 2010
At a height of 40 feet I was seriously running out of room, then, just as I was about to run out of field, something aggressively lifted the nose skyward. I kacked myself as my glider had never done such an involuntarily manoeuvre and I was close to the ground...
26 Sep 2010
An Epic Day With a Not So Epic Landing!
I pulled on speed and set up for a landing, then at 10-15 feet above the ground, I hit rotor and dropped hard on the deck for a crash landing…
25 Sep 2010
I pulled on speed and set up for a landing, then at 10-15 feet above the ground, I hit rotor and dropped hard on the deck for a crash landing…
25 Sep 2010
Not Quite the Epic Expected
As I launched I had to run like Forest Gump before I was lifted off the ground…
18 Sep 2010
As I launched I had to run like Forest Gump before I was lifted off the ground…
18 Sep 2010
