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Suffolk Competition Day 1
It was a new site for the first day of the two day competition and not surprisingly, the weather was not playing fair…
05 Sep 2009
It was a new site for the first day of the two day competition and not surprisingly, the weather was not playing fair…
05 Sep 2009

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

