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Rathlin Island Road Trip 2013
Fred:
--- Quote from: "Happy Days" ---1200ft north facing cliffs, with a landing zone on the top?!!! :D :D
OOOooooooh!
(……I think I’ve just had an orgasm. :oops: )
K.
--- End quote ---
Yep, the top of the cliffs, you basically have an airport to land in.
Easy access with big car park on all of them :D
You can fly pretty much any size of gliders. Looking forward to get back there with some good winds to try them properly :D
I'm a tad late for the photos!
I'll post them tonight!
Ok, one for the road...
Fred:
Ok, time to put more photos!
Saturday:
FPV stuff.. Very neat! GPS positioning, altitude hold and all the bells and whistles :D
Then, Andrew and Richard had a Blaster mini competition :D :clap:
Fred:
Then, we had a Thermal Competition, with some of the best thermal pilots in Northern Ireland :P :lol:
The "Harp Challenge Global Thermal Winners Cup 2013" :D
Conditions were rather poor for thermals, very scratchy and tight. We decided in a 6mins target time in 3 rounds. Sandow launch for all pilots.
The first round saw one pilot in particular struggling to reach the 2 minutes mark, despite all his training, confidence in the task to finally land his glider at the 1.59 minutes mark... Another pilot, who should remain nameless, landed after making a point (he could have go on and on, but got bored after 2.39 minutes... No fun :lol: :P )
Anyway, here is scoreboard :D
The cup was then given (surprise! :clap: ) at Andrew's flying club the next day after a lovely BBQ :clap:
More training is needed from the little Padawan :lol:
See you next year! This time, I'll fly my own glider :lol: :lol:
andrew wallace:
:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
fanastic Fred :D i look forwards to beating you even with your own model next year :lol: and bring the Gobal Harp Challenge Winners Cup back to the empty space on my shelf in the shed :D
thank you so much for coming up and making it a brilliant weekend 8)
Richard Boyd:
Hi Fred thanks for posting your fotos.
What memories I have of that weekend
The harp challenge trophy was gifted to you lol
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