morgy Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 I was reading flying doc's idea of flying form lands end to JOG and wondered how many of the pmc memeber do fly XC. And not just fly around your take off site. If so what is your furthest flight. out and return or just a long down wind flight. I have only done two cross country flights my first was with ben and tom clowes and we flew from waterloovile up to hungerford and the west to avebury ring and then back to waterloovile a round trip of 200km. My second was with rob jones and we flew to brighton and back from my home field in earnley. This in my eyes was my true first XC as i was leading and not just following higher air time pilots and was only done on old school map and compass. I now have many more flights planned out all i need now is better weather!!! so please post your best/furthest XC and also your years flying. Also if you dont fly XC why not????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_k Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 .... and was only done on old school map and compass. Well done on that, all in favour. I'll start the ball rolling with a short one: My best to date 44km. Been flying for 2 years and am definately going to expand the horizons this year. Cheers, Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon_dunn Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 For me, most of my flights are 'out and backs', simply down to logistics- it's not easy talking people into driving you 40/50 miles and back for a pick up/recovery. I've done a few XCs and they are by far the best flights i've had- using the wind to your advantage certainly lets you cover ground quickly- even better when you don't need to worry about flying back... GD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 HelloMorgy, I can not top your 200km one but most of my flights are around the 30 to 40 mile radius i usually fly with Mark T and we have been planning some longer flights, landing out and refuelling. We also want to do a 10,000 foot flight in summer as the airfield we fly from has microlights and one of the pilots did this last summer and we can't be outdone lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 I've done a couple but the best (without engine trouble ) was a trip from Winchester to Basinstoke via Whitchurch with Paul Sayers and Brian. Not epic but enjoyable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morgy Posted February 9, 2010 Author Share Posted February 9, 2010 Here is the write up ben and tom did about our there flight i joined them on... http://pinnacleadventures.blogspot.com/ ... rings.html As we were all on Baileys it was easy to do those distances. I was alot slower than they were but i am light on my fusion as i use it for free flying as well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dean_barker Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 I was alot slower than they were but i am light on my fusion as i use it for free flying as well... Nah, it's just cause they were flying synths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignos Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 regularly do 50/50 miles, but am limited by duration (i can only get 1hr 40mins max) need to loose a few pounds (or stone!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morgy Posted February 10, 2010 Author Share Posted February 10, 2010 I was alot slower than they were but i am light on my fusion as i use it for free flying as well... Nah, it's just cause they were flying synths. Ha ha ha i did think to myself why they were so much faster than me. I checked out the synth perfomance and its just as fast as the fusion. Then i remebered why i bought the fusion "to free fly and to paramotor" so i am just about middle in the weight range or just under to be honest so that makes me quite slow compared to others! But i like to thurmal as well as just motor. so i guess it swing and roundabouts you cant have both!!!! WELL NOT YET ANYWAY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon101 Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Does Leigh on sea to the pier at southend count..... and back i might add! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morgy Posted February 23, 2010 Author Share Posted February 23, 2010 Small steps at first i guess I think an XC is anything out side of your normal flying circuit IE around your local field. As long as your going somewhere or doing an out and return or triangle i suppose it counts as an XC... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingdoc Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 As I was sort of the inspiration of this thread I thought I would put in my 2p. I have only done 12 hours of paramotoring so far, and usually from the same field. I have never yet done an 'out landing'. But I have flown several times around Southport, along the beach and back and the view is great. A round trip of only 13 miles though so maybe it doesn't count. My next planned extension is to try to fly home. I have already picked out a suitable landing field. The distance is only 34 miles from where I take off so should be easy on one tank as long as the wind is in the right direction. It does involve flying down the Manchester VFR corridor but that could be fun. The only obvious problem is I have to get someone to drive the car home from Southport....... Probably need a few refresher T&Gs first but that seems like a logical next step. Lets get some air beneath our feet! Roll on the better weather please....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil_P Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 In aviation terms, a cross country flight implies a land away from home base. Distance covered is irrelevant. Believe it or not, the non stop round the world flight a few years back would actually be logged as a 'local' flight because the t/o and landing site were the same. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tj Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 Hi, At the moment I'm still on the ground planning training (due to commitments blah blah blah, study, blah blah). However I am planning to fly xc every opportunity I get. The flexibility the paramotor gives you, such as landing near a petrol station, is the attraction for me. Also, flying xc will give me further skills needed for PULSAR! Am looking forward to seeing people's adventures this year as I complete my studies and start flying lessons. Come on August!! Tj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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