slope soaring in the blackdowns
At the risk of sounding like a stuck record. We are still on for flying at north hill tonight.
There is a chance of some thunderstorms coming through so it could be a bit of a gamble. If in doubt call or text me on 07720 450 156 and I let you know what the current [...]
Our Northhill on Monday night was of course a bit of a mess. It had just about stopped raining, but the minor issue of being 100 foot above the cloud base meant that flying was limited to Dave Coopers, park flyer.
Given the slim chance of actually flying I was quite impressed to see quite so [...]
Good might be stretching it a little, I for one enjoyed an good afternoons flying at Bidwell. The conditions where light with the wind at about 8-10 mph eastly.
Ted and Dave where already setup and flying when I arrived and Steve Clark arrived shortly after. Steve and Ted seemed to be getting the best of the flying, [...]
Couple of photos from Sunday’s (21st March) flying on at the beacon. Lovely day brought out a whole host of faces. Amongst the turn out; Steve Thorn was their with his 1/4 scale cadet and Steve Clark was out with a rather impressive looking x-blade.
The main problem on sunday was of course light wind, at under [...]
Promised was a steady 7mph westerly, what we got was more like 3-7ish westerly.
Up on the beacon on at 1:30 it looked promising my *cough* ted’s 2 meter floater seemed to be going nicely right up to the point when Ted and Dave turned up and killed my lift. I’m not bitter or anything.
Ted optimistic [...]