alan_k Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 (Tried to post this yesterday but couldn't get a line.) Well I was waiting for a good day and today was the day ......and it's my birthday. I had my longest flight, at 1 hour and 13 minutes, absolutely brilliant. I have taken more pictures on this flight as well, a bit of camera shake when on zoom on some of them, but I will try harder. I have reduced the size of the pictures so they display better. I flew the local area but a bit further, firstly there was Le Chatelier, a chateau that is not easily seen from the road: Just along from there was a long weir in the river: Then I flew a little further and took a shot of a very pretty village called Belabre: On my way back I photographed another local chateau called Chateau de la Garde: I was really enjoying the flight and took a typical shot of the general scenery, boots included for effect: Lastly when I was flying over the air strip I took this one, it's the ULM Prissac field: When I came in to land my friend Michel was waiting to say hello, he is a fellow paramotor pilot who has just taken early retirement from the Gendarme, very nice to have a welcome on return to the field! When I got back home I had my favourite beer waiting, courtesy of my wife Shirley, a lovely glass of Jenlain. I will be bringing a little taster for you lucky folks who are coming over to Airvault shortly. A lovely day, a fabulous flight, it doesn't get any better than this, I am a lucky sod. Cheers all, Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmer_Dave Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Nice one Alan. I can vividly picture a grin on your face. Looks like a great place to fly Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helimed01 Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Nice flight Allan. The welcome and the beer at the end of a great flight like that allows you to reflect on what a great sport this is. We are all so lucky to be able to live the dream of flight with a machine that fits easily into a car. Amazing. Look forward to sharing a beer with you post-flight in France next week. Whitters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmer_Dave Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Whitters me 'ol mate I would be envious if I wasn't going to spend the next 2 weeks in Spain, running off large mountains, and doing battle with 9000 ft thermals. Enjoy. See you when we get back. Let's go do Exmoor then and lay plans for the Lemmings Devon bash perhaps? Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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