The North Wind Doth Blow ..........

Hi All,
Today we decided to meet up at Ditchling Beacon at 14:00 , the forecast was for Northerly at 25 mph, so a good blow !

I picked up our newest recruit - Andrew Ledger on the way and we arrived at just before 14:00 to meet our next newest recruit - Ian Ashdown in the car park at the Beacon.
We decided not to wait for anyone else and started across the road to fly our stuff.....
Ian A had his SAS Star Jet (I think) and I took a number of models including the little Moth which flew very well.
Both Ian and I had a good time and were then joined by Jim who had Will's old Spectre and his own Middle Phase.
Then Paul arrived with his Willow and Les arrived with his Cliff Whacker.
The wind, being in the North was very strong and the lift was working way out in to horizon - I could fly out almost until I lost sight of the Moth, quite amazing.
Most importantly, I introduced Andrew to the Zagi , which he crashed first time, then didn't crash for at least 20 seconds, then flew for 3 or 4 minutes, then flew for 15 minutes with great control.
Jim had a coming together with the ground and the Spectre is now needing a little TLC.
Ian flew the Star Jet and his little Komet brilliantly.
Paul put us all to shame with the Willow which is smooth, fast and very impressive in Paul's expert hands.
Paul then flew Jim's Middle Phase and it performed extremely well.
Les had some brilliant landings with his Cliff Whacker and at one point we all clapped because his landing was so good - at this point Les stopped !!!

After 1.5 hours we all decided that it was too cold to carry on, so we all left for the comfort of home - I really enjoyed today and especially, I enjoyed helping Andrew to learn the basics on the Zagi.

Thanks to all who came along.

Rob