Month: May 2013
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Twice the fun…!
Since I passed my tandem rating back in November last year I’ve done a few flights, but over the last few days I’ve certainly had my fill! On Saturday 18th May I had a lot of fun doing seven flights for a family who were the highest bidders in a fundraising auction for Combe Down…
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Flyskyhy – possibly the best paragliding app in the world…
I’ve been using my trusty Garmin GPSmap 76C with Simon Headford’s airspace maps (and Ben Friedland’s heights layer) for years now, however whilst it works ok I’ve always found the screen way too small and have thought for some time that there must be a better solution, especially since I now carry a portable computer,…
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Fifteen years ago…
I recently edited some old video footage from the 1998 Paramania Fly-In which was held over the May Bank Holiday weekend… There’s not a huge amount of flying in it as our kids were 11 months old and just under 3 at the time so it’s a bit kiddy-centric, but it brought back some very…
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Another week, another 100km+ flight!
So, less than two weeks after a lovely flight to the coast from Liddington, I found myself at the coast again, this time at Torquay (though not actually close enough to the beach for an ice cream sadly :-)) Here’s the story of big Tuesday! (30th April 2013) There was some discussion the night before…