Gliders > Slope Soaring
16th + 17th March event
rogallo:
No photos of "LES" :)
Happy Days:
Some might say it was cold on the Big L today. Some might say it was windy. Some might say it was wet (at times). All the above would be true, but what is also true is that there were lots of smiling faces as well! 8)
Where can I begin to tell all the stories of the days events? Answer; I can’t! So here are just a few of the things that I was aware of on the west slope, on St Patrick’s Day 2013.
There was certainly lots of flying, all-be-it between the showers of rain and sometimes hail/snow flakes. :(
JP’s new PSS models put in an amazing performance and I believe there are some pictures and video footage that’ll be posted soon to prove it.
Alan also put his PSS plane through its paces in the sometimes rather stiff westerly wind.
I saw Ralph looking rather contented flying another of JP’s models although because of the amounts of lift it took him three or four attempts to land the plane. (I found that last aspect very comforting as when I declared “Landing” yet kept on failing to get my P6 onto tera firma I heard someone shout out, “When?” :oops: )
Richard braved the low temperatures to show off his flying prowess with his Quark and demonstrated why he believes it’s the best plane he has ever built.
In the mean time Fred put a number of differing styles of flying machine into the air for the benefit and amusement of us all. (More of that anon :?: )
Eventually Big Keith & Stephen tuned up in the afternoon. Keith proceeded to fly his new Zagi. ( For those who don’t know the story; Keith lost his first Zagi somewhere on the west slope just before the new year. Despite looking for it he, and later that week both he & his good wife failed in their searches to fine it.) So this was Keith’s maiden flight with his new Zagi.
Stephen mean while, had his first flight of his Easy Glider. In fact it was Stephens first flight of anything. (Apart form a few moment last September) I must tell you all that his flying was outrageous! :shock: He’d only been in the air for a few minutes and he was completing inside loops! :D (We’ll have to keep an eye on this one lads,…….bit of a dare devil is our Stephen!)
Stephen was also responsible for finding Big Keith’s ‘lost’ Zagi, which he hadn’t even been looking for! This plane had been lying, upside down, in open country for over two months. Rained on and at one point covered by a couple of foot of snow. When returned to Big Keith who charged the battery the rx and servos all worked perfectly! :shock:
As the light began to fade and yet another shower started to descend Fred decided he was going to fly his Easy Glider. :roll: Not content to just fly it, Fred felt compelled to fly it inverted! Not content with that, he decided to land it inverted. He missed the landing zone on the first attempt, brought the plane round…..and Stephen caught it on Fred’s second attempt. :P That’s right, the Easy Glider was caught, while flying up-side-down.
These are just some of the events that stick in my mind from to day, no doubt other's will tell of their memories, but I shall certainly remember this St Patrick’s day for a good while to come.
Thanks to all for a most memoral event. Safe journey's home.
Keith.
Richard Boyd:
Hi all and Happy St Paddy's Day! Thanks for a wonderful weekend of flying and fun. J.P's PSS planes were fantastic. (think his Spongebob Love Pants helped his flying!!) Fred told us lots of French stories helped along by copious amounts of French wine. (the best of course!!) Ralph (danger mouse!) entertained us with his snoring. Rosie fed us. Keith, as always, entertained us with his wit and charm. Big Keith and Stephen made the foreign visitors from the North very welcome. It was good to see new faces on the mountain especially the gy who flew my ASK21 (sorry didn't catch his name!) Hope to meet him again on the slopes of Mount Leinster! Ok, it's been a long couple of days so Im off to bed to catch some zzzzzzz's!! Thanks again to everyone for making the weekend such a success!
Fred:
Well... That was a really nice week end!!
First of all, thank you all for coming, form North to South and a little bit in between! :clap: :clap:
Saturday was a very good day, with lightish winds, but lots of thermal activities, and wind picking upslowly, but surely as the day goes.
Arrived first at the slope, ready to face the -10 degrees they promised.. To end up having a nice cup of coffee.. In my T-shirt, flying the Explorer sitting on the grass :D They are the best mornings! :D
On my way to the slope.. Looked promising!
Fog down below all over the valley.. Feels like you are on top of the world! Only the top of the hills around pop their heads over the sea of cloud :o
Anyway, while I was alone, decided to try the Explorer, as there was no wind, seemed to be a good time to test the throws and CofG :D
That thing flew great in the almost no wind, and remainded me my first proper glider flightalmost 20 years ago :cry: :D
Only some sheeps passing by were breaking the silence...
Magic! :D
Silence, soon was going to be broken for good as I saw Ralph's car driving up... I knew spirit were high straight away! :lol: :clap: :clap:
Soon joined by more flyers. Breakfast table was set, and it was time to start doing some more flying!
The little ASK21 UMX. That thing fly surprisingly good! Really look the part too. :clap:
The "thing" :P
Happy Roisin :D
Cork was in the St Patrick mood! :clap: :clap:
So as Diane. To the rescue! :D :clap:
We have groupies!! :D :D
Scary stuff there! :lol: :P
andrew wallace:
:lol: :lol: :lol: heard a wee rumour Mr Fred that Diane was the last person standing on Saturday night :D everyone retired early to bed
Conditions looked really good on Saturday
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