seymore Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 [youtubevideo] [/youtubevideo]30 March 2012 flying around the Isle of Wight. Weather worked out really well with a bit of convergence lift to get us up to about 2000ft then a full power climb to get the last 1500 ft to break thru the Inversion level. Above, in the clear air, a strong Northerly sped us down to the bottom of the island where we landed on top of a hill for lunch , then flew down to the bottom of the hill to a large soccer pitch, where we landed to get fuel. Will plan to stop here next time for lunch in the pub. Then we cruised the cliffs to the needles with a gentle SE tail wind which gave a bit of lift once we got to Freshwater bay and the big chalk cliffs. Flew home along the NW coast stopping for a rest break along the way. Climbing up above the smoggy inversion to cross back to the mainland we hit our only headwind of the day. A little cruise around Portsmouth and the Naval dockyards. Never understood why they let you fly so close to a major military establishment, but then again they built the Spinnaker tower looking down over everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmwood Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Nice Vid seymore as usual. You know how to make a grounded man jealous.. I am working on getting back in the air again after my little mishap. Been ground handling all week in the fine evenings... soon I will be able to kite a table cloth in a force 9 ! Keep the vids coming ! I always watch them and I am sure many others do as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yogi_9 Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 That was the dream, to fly around the IOW, guess it's never going to happen now ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outkast Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Nice vid Seymore. I was over on the island all last week and you would not want to have been flying then, it constantly rained all week with gail force winds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_k Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Who's Gail? Sounds like a breezy sort of wench Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outkast Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Who's Gail? Sounds like a breezy sort of wench bloody women, we could not get rid of her, she hung about all week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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