Friday 18 April 2014

What a 'Good' Friday

A very good turnout to fly at Ditchling Beacon today. Jack, Tim, Graham T, Graham U, Peter, Geoffrey, Clint, me and my mate Stuart who came up to see what slope soaring was all about. Started off with about a 20mph NNE wind and as the morning went on it reduced down to about 10mph. It was a bit parky up there with 'blue hands' Graham T amongst others struggling with the wind chill.
I maidened my Valenta Dragon 2.8m F3F mouldy which weighs in around 5Kgs which just sweeps across the sky and makes an amazing whistle at high speed. Must work on the landings mind!
 
And Tim had his  new Impulse 2 glider maidened (below). Beautifully to fly and couple the ailerons and the flaps together it makes for a very well coordinated glider. Flaps make the landings so very easy.
As well as showing us some very Impressive flying skills Clint also doubled as our new refreshments officer. No sugar thanks Clint, I'm sweet enough as it is!
There was plenty of sloping done and plenty of chatting and socialising and everybody commented on how quite it was without Rob being there. Sorry boys he's back flying tomorrow!
Should hopefully be a repeat of today for tomorrow but I think with a stronger wind. Get there early if you want to be able to park!







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