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Woolacombe
Equipped with my new Sting 3 hang glider and having only winch launched it to date, I was breaking all the rules about only changing one variable at a time…
29 Aug 2009
Equipped with my new Sting 3 hang glider and having only winch launched it to date, I was breaking all the rules about only changing one variable at a time…
29 Aug 2009
A New Glider!
After I had rigged my glider and completed a very thorough and paranoid checking of everything, I was ready to go…
22 Aug 2009
After I had rigged my glider and completed a very thorough and paranoid checking of everything, I was ready to go…
22 Aug 2009
Simply Amazing!
The wind dropped and a shadow enveloped the runway, I lifted my glider, checked the windsock and instructed "All Out"…
25 Jul 2009
The wind dropped and a shadow enveloped the runway, I lifted my glider, checked the windsock and instructed "All Out"…
25 Jul 2009
Unpaid Leave!
North-westerly and showers; it wasn’t the most promising of weather forecasts! I had another unpaid day off due to the austerity measures Honeywell were taking and after I had consulted Wendy [the Devil's Dyke weather station] I packed my gear and headed to the Dyke...
08 Jul 2009
North-westerly and showers; it wasn’t the most promising of weather forecasts! I had another unpaid day off due to the austerity measures Honeywell were taking and after I had consulted Wendy [the Devil's Dyke weather station] I packed my gear and headed to the Dyke...
08 Jul 2009
Anyone Want to Fly a Target?
It was a little too much for me and my glider began to dance all over the sky. I wasn't enjoying it and when it came to the first release…
04 Jul 2009
It was a little too much for me and my glider began to dance all over the sky. I wasn't enjoying it and when it came to the first release…
04 Jul 2009
7 Hours for 30 Seconds!
With the assistance of other pilots I launched and flew down the slope skimming some foliage with my left wing (not that I noticed).
25 Jun 2009
With the assistance of other pilots I launched and flew down the slope skimming some foliage with my left wing (not that I noticed).
25 Jun 2009
Boot Camp Day Two
The previous night I and a few others had set-up camp on the runway at Mendlesham. I didn't get the best night's sleep, but at least I didn't have the 120 drive!
10 May 2009
The previous night I and a few others had set-up camp on the runway at Mendlesham. I didn't get the best night's sleep, but at least I didn't have the 120 drive!
10 May 2009
