alan_k Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 Went to the field last night even though it was quite windy. I was hoping that it would die down before sunset so spent an hour 'parawaiting'. The gusts did subside enough to take to the air but it was quite windy further up as I discovered. Once at 600 feet with trimmers out I found I was parked, which seemed really odd to be just hanging in the air and not moving. In some ways it was disconcerting because you get used to forward movement so you 'know' you are flying. However with speedbar engaged I could make headway when into wind so did a few circuits of the local fields. When I landed there were a couple of motorcyclists on vintage motorbikes at the gate so we got chatting, one of them does paragliding and both had done some speedwing flying. Always good to share experiences. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch130 Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 Nice one Alan . I bet it was a nice slow landing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_k Posted May 15, 2018 Author Share Posted May 15, 2018 Actually not that slow because the wind was considerably less at ground level, probably about 6mph. Good to be airborne even for a short one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_k Posted May 15, 2018 Author Share Posted May 15, 2018 Dual post, lots of vino. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffw Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 Alan you could have stayed up there for hours and hours and hours your bailey almost runs on fresh air. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_k Posted May 17, 2018 Author Share Posted May 17, 2018 I know Geoff but the daylight doesn't last the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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