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Saturday, 28 February 2015

"Floppy" thermalling yesterday.

Sorry Terry couldn`t make Itford yesterday but I did fly my powered FlyFun plane and one flight with  "Floppy" which had three short power runs. The ground was warming and as is evident by clouds forming plenty of thermal activity. The last 40mins of the 58min. flight was pure thermal soaring only terminated by deploying crow, as I had a pressing appointment. Could have easily have stayed aloft for a further hour...oh well!

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  1. Hi Graham, many thanks for the update. Itford yesterday came up trumps - as usual. I arrived around 1:30 the wind was better than forecast 16/18 mph straight up the slope - lovely. Had the hill to myself all afternoon. Took advantage of the situation and spent some time honing my advanced landing techniques. 'Tent Peg' and 'Inverted from a Bounce' coming on nicely - but my 'Downwind Tumbling Cartwheel' still looks a bit untidy! Finally left around 4:30 nothing broken and three glorious hours of fresh air and sunshine! Fingers crossed for more action next week - Terry B

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