Month: July 2013
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Pandy Tandem Trilogy…
Sunday 21st July was a great day at Pandy and was perfect for some tandem flights. I think this was the first summer’s day that I’ve been to a hill without taking my solo glider, but I have no regrets about that… First up were the WAGs, Ben’s girlfriend Pippa, followed by Declan’s girlfriend Patrina……
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Manteigas Memories
Here’s a short film of the fantastic week I had flying during the British Open in the Serra da Estrela, Portugal at the end of June.
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Epsilon 7 review by Ziad Bassil
Nice review of the E7 by Ziad Bassil in Lebanon, although I think the paragraph “The E7 inspires confidence immediately after take off. It has a very taut feeling like a very solid piece of concrete.” might have lost a little in translation 🙂 Read it for yourself here.
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British Champs Task 1
So, Task 1 was a 90km ish race starting in the mountains and ending in the flats. I had the sweetest ever climb out after enjoying watching the usual Enzo dance on launch. This usually involves the glider coming up very rapidly, twisting back and forth through at least 90deg, and is often followed by…