alan_k Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 (edited) of the paramotoring kind. They say this pastime is addictive and 'they' are right. It wasn't a particularly high or long flight but it was very very enjoyable. The day started with bright sunshine after a frost overnight. The world always seems a better place when the sun's shining, don't you think? We even had lunch outside in the bright sunshine, then following on from 'First Photo' I went up the field. I took my time with the preflight and layout as the wind was performing a little ballet and not deciding where it was coming from. I got all strapped in and noticed I had an audience of 3 people on the track at the side of the field. Oh no I thought, that is usually the kiss of death for a successful first launch but fortunately I gave a good showing of how it should be done. I even gave out a whoop as I flew over the audience but I don't know if they heard me or not. I noticed as I was gaining height that there was a bit of an inversion so I decided to climb above it. I climbed to 2440 feet and marvelled at the view. Check out this photo, the sky was crystal clear and I could see the two columns of steam rising from the two cooling towers of the nuclear power station 50 kms away. I did a broad circuit of the field and took a photo of Prissac down throught the inversion. If you look at the photo you can just make out the airstrip at about 8 o'clock half way out from the centre of the picture. The two runways intersect across the field with the hangar on the left hand side. I had a little pootle around the local area heading towards the village I live in and managed to take a picture of our house, The part to the left including the porch at the front is what we call home. I then headed on back to the field and had a great landing, they certainly are getting better, and more enjoyable strangely. I thought what a brilliant flight, I will post it on the PMC site when I get back. Sorry to those with unflyable conditions at the moment, but hope you get a little buzz from reading this. Cheers all, Alan Edited February 1, 2009 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frazer1981 Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 That sounds amazing and yes, we all hate you at the moment!!! Its great reading though and i hope this summers gonna be a good one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norman Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Not wasting any time then Alan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_k Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 well no Norman, got to make hay while the sun shines eh? Actually it's too windy today so I'll have to have a day on the ground Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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