Wednesday, 27 April 2011

Stormy Monday was followed by even stormier Tuesday! Cunims to the front of us, Cunims to the back of us, Cunims to the left and to the right of us ... Oh, I almost forgot, wind over the back too - it just wasn't to be a flying day.
Schaust du Dem windsack ins maul ist etwas faul !!
Fortunately we were all looking forward to Big Wednesday and thankfully the forecast delivered just about what we were looking for :)
'Pure' takes to the Àger skies

Sunshine, blue sky and the possibility of Jonny and Lizie getting their feet off the ground by more than 3ft!
The day wasn't entirely as planned since the west wind was stronger than expected, the north wind was stronger than expected and the inversion was thicker than expected but even so all the guys were able to fly from La Nueva take-off in the morning.
Smiley Jonny - 1st flight since 6 months
 More later after the hoped-for evening flight ...

Update: To continue the theme of the day the evening conditions were stronger than expected!
The wind was gusting to an extent to keep the wind-acclimitised Brits on the ground until just before sunset when we threw ourselves into the darkening sky for a silky smooth float around close to the cliffs. A near-disaster was averted when a pilot too focused on flying with his dog managed to clip the dog in securely but failed to do up his own leg straps ... fortunately his ground-handling skills were appalling enough that we saw the problem while he was getting dragged around the launch but it was a very close thing :(

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