Chrisbayliss

Sorry but you're wrong there! A Harley is not a bike, it's a tractor. A very bad tractor. An American tractor. A Dell tractor.

There are two of us in Rugby, I'm hoping to fly as soon as the weather and work allow. For the last few months that's not been very often unfortunately. Clive is still teaching me, you're in good hands there.

Done.

Clive taught me, though I'm still new with only two flights so far, mainly due to the weather. I'll still be flying with Clive and the guys from Marston, so I'll no doubt see you soon.

Gopro HD Hero 3 is released in a couple of weeks, the Black Edition has wifi built in so can be controlled by iPhone. It's tiny too.

One thing I want to experiment with is leave it in Tv or M at about 1/500, ISO 100, and shoot RAW images, then play with Photoshop to try and recover the darker images.

I find putting the camera onto Av (aperture priority) and dial in f8 or f11 to get the whole frame sharp and in focus. Then set the ISO to 400 or 800, the higher the ISO the quicker the shutter speed. The better the DSLR, the higher ISO you can use without getting noticeable noise.

Me too, they're a good bunch.

Hi guys. I'm in Rugby and had my first flight on Saturday on my Bulldog and a Synth. I fly with a mate who's also in Rugby and he uses a Fresh Breeze and also has a Synth. Let me know when you're flying again and subject to work, we'll pop over and see you. Cheers, Chris.

Any news Dave?

I read this and as I need a mirror and also have a Bulldog, I bought one too. Cheers for the tip! Binley Woods? I'm in Rugby, so very local. Hope to see you up there soon.

Cheers Dave. I've just bought a Bulldog and a Dudek Synth, so this'll film my first flight with a bit of luck.

I'll have that. PM me details for payment. Thanks.

Have a look at www.marstonairfield.co.uk Not strictly Warwickshire, but not that far away from you and they're a good bunch, very friendly and helpful.

I used a borrowed wing from a friend who's self taught and been flying for years. It's very old and not particularly crisp anymore, but it's flyable. I'm just spending as much time as possible ground handling with it.

I had my first flight today! Unpowered, but I was about 10ft in the air and flew a few hundred feet from the top hill of Burton Dassett. Result!!!

The yellow wing wasn't me, I had the very colourful 80's wing that looked like one of Kajagoogoo's shell suits. You may not have noticed it as it spent a lot of time flat on the ground.

I had my first paramotor lesson today, and for this we did an hour or so of ground handling with (so I'm told) an old 80's wing. I was doing reverse launches and managed to get the wing in the air without too much trouble, but I was apparently over braking while trying to stay under the centre of it. This was starting to get a little frustrating after a while, but when I was forced to turn forwards by the wing, I just ran for it! One of the guys (I forget your name, but cheers anyway) then ran behind me, pushing me, shouting "Run!" and this gave me my first airborne moment as my feet left the floor by about 2 inches!!!! I was flying solo!!!!! For two seconds, but who cares!!! Result! Off to the the pub to celebrate. But muscles I didn't know I had are aching already.

I'm starting tomorrow, near Market Harborough. It's like Christmas Eve, I won't sleep tonight!

Cheers Phil. I've been in touch with some people about 20 mins away from me who I should start training with soon, so once I've got stuck in to that I'll no doubt be in touch. I worked in Lichfield about 4 years ago. Where do you fly from?

Hello all, I'm a wanna-be from Rugby in Warwickshire. I'm currently learning to fly flexwing microlights with Flylight at Sywell Aerodrome in Northampton, but I have a good friend who been paramotoring for a few years. I've always thought he was a bit crazy doing it but the more I learn about flying whilst doing my NPPL, the more I realise that whilst paramotors are the cheapest way to fly, they are also the safest. So I intend to fly both. I have a couple of million questions to ask, but the only one really relevant at the moment is about training. Can anyone advise me on a good instructor local to Rugby? I don't fancy doing a block course, but doing the odd day here and there when the weather suits which is why locality is important. Also, being closeby will help keep cost down as any spare cash is being burned by NPPL training at the same time. Any help on local instructors will be great fully received, PM me if you'd prefer to keep your advice confidential. Cheers all, Chris.