A lovely morning flying at the Dyke

Saturday brought us a lovely chilly morning at Devils Dyke with just Ian and myself flying from our club. The temperature was around freezing and add a little wind chill and conditions were a little nippy, so you had to wrap up warm and enjoy the fantastic. The wind was light at first so my Expo got some flying plus the newly built Highside. Ian flew his beautiful Jedi. She cruised around effortlessly in the weak conditions, Then as we went back to the car to change models the wind picked up the handgliders and paragliders started to climb away and the lift improved. Ian then flew his Jart and I flew the Highside again. I am really impressed with the Highside. It is a brick with wings but it behaves really well. Will roll, loop and just fly inverted but for me its still a pleasure to fly. If you are after something to build and that responds well but is stable in flight then you must consider the Highside. Not the best in penetration or energy retention but is does what it sais on the can. I'm well impressed with it.

We met up with Mill Hill Mike and Chris who flew there big mouldies with Chris maidening his DG300. We watched a very nice landing by Chris with his new glider.

After getting a little cold but not too bad we retired back to the Plough at Plumpton for some lunch, a pint and a warm by the fire.

Thanks for the company Ian.