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Happy Days:
Thanks for the advise about the south slope Joe. Next time I'll remember to go further out. (The trouble is that at my age I can't see as far as I used to! :wink: )

I have to say Brian you are "coming on" in leaps and bounds with your pc. Not so long ago I don't think you knew a keyboard from a kilobite. Now you're contrubiting to forums and even starting new threads. Before long you'll be trading on ebay! :)  (Pitty I can't learn to fly as quickly as you've learnt to surf!)

Brian:
Hi Keith,
 :D
You are right about today ,no flying,cloud @200' and rain on the way.
Will try for tomorrow, and wil try as Joe has suggested.
Have you found that detail re Annagh Hill, looks good ??

Brian

Happy Days:
Well Brian, I'm seeing rain forecast for the best part of tomorrow :cry:  AND my squadron of slopers is rather dimminished at the moment.
The Elite is proving harder to repair than I had anticipated. Rib No.1 is broken. Trying to repair it has difficuilties regarding the dihedral angle of the wing. Replacing it would mean more work making the new rib! I'm of two minds to just make a "candle wax and string" repair with CA and fly her, rather than spend a long time making a neat repair, only to damage it on my next landing!

Might have to think about building a "proper" sloper as a winter project. It'd have to be a strong bird that could take the knocks. (Not like these flimsy floaters)

The Filip is also far from airworthy.

My faithfull Zagi is the only bird suitable to take to the skies right now.

So, all in all I don't think you'll be seeing me tomorrow.

Regarding Annagh Hill:-

I've looked at the picies and if it's good for paragliders I should think it'd be good for us. Might pop up and have a look-see one afternoon next week.

Happy Days:
OOOOOoooooo, it flys, it loops, it flys inverted, and does stall turns and fast rolls and I don't know what it doesn't do.

I'm talking about the Voltij, not Brian.

This afternoon we went out to the west slope of Big"L." Brian was armed with his Voltij, I was crashing a Filip 400 that I'd been given.


Cor! they don't 'alf go the pair of them, although Brian's bird can certainly out fly mine. (Hmmmmmm, I shall have to think about this matter. :?: )

It was good fun untill the wind just fizeled out, and with it , the lift. To add insult to injury, it started to rain.
So we went home! :cry:

I have to say that flying that Filip is more excieting than my Elite. I know what type new toy to ask Santa for christmas :wink:

K.

p.s. Thank you Joe for the Filip.

Brian:
Hi Keith,
Thanks for the help,although I know it'll cost me 8-[ .
Yes a good afternoon,but I'M sorry I did not get there earlier.
That was no crash just a hasty arrivall.
Looking forward to the next installment.

Brian

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