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Club House => Road trips => Topic started by: Fred on February 13, 2009, 13:09:53 PM
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Finally ! :D
Weather is looking good for Kilakee on Sunday !
SWW winds, just the cloud cover is the unknown...
But I'll be there ! :D
Who's coming ?
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Oooooo, can I come please :D But,..mmmmm.....er.....how do I get there?
I'll probably be coming up the N11.
(I was out on Mt. L. today but there was very little lift. I think my model was carried a greater distance that it flew today. Phew!)
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Yep, think I should be able to make it. What time are you thinking of going! :)
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Hey Dave ! long time no see ! :D :D
I'll try to make it as early as possible (well, baby poping depending :P )
Let's say at around 1 pm ? :?:
Keith, will be good to see you :D , but there is an incertainty about the cloud cover :?: I don't really want you to do all that driving for nothing, but I can update you on the situation in the morning :D
Well, we can always end up in a pub or at home for a hot tea/coffee ! :D
Easy to get there, on the N11, take the M50 northbound, and take the exit for Firehouse, and follow Tallaght. At the second roundabout, you will see a sign for Keelakee... Always go up ! After the panoramic view (there is a car park, you can't miss it !) drive for about 1 or 2 miles, we are here.. A car park, with the valley on your right hand side...
If you have google earth, you have the kmz file at this page : http://www.gliderireland.net/AroundDublin.htm
You can give me a call from anywhere, and I'll come to collect you ! :D
Wind is forcasted to be around the 20km/h...So everything should fly ! :D
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Hi everyone,
Cloud permitting I'll try and get up to Kilakee around 2ish Sunday. Just out a few times since Christmas - several very cold sessions at Glencree and Kilakee. Looking forward to some better weather and some more comfortable conditions...roll on spring.
Hey Fred - great work on the Ka1. Still tinkering with the B4 - its got a cockpit and canopy now but is still uncovered. Need some good weather for some serious outdoor sandying (I've no garage/shed - so all building takes place in the house - sanding and glass fibre work are not popular!).
See you.
Peter
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Hey Fred,
Yep, sorry I haven't been around for a while. Am looking foward to some nice flying tomorrow, hope the weather holds up. See you all around 1 o clock.
Anybody know if Joe is coming?
Cheers
David
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Hi all. Unfortunataly I won't be able to make it. Next time perhaps.
Don't forget to take some photos. I'd say there would still be snow up there.
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No worries David, all busy ! Haven't flown much so far too ! :!: :!:
Joe will not be here, he is hidding somewhere :P Hopefully next time !
Will be at the slope at 1pm too so.
I can still see some snow on the mountain, less today than yesterday tho... But hopefully, we will have some, can do some nice photos ! :D
Peter, so far, weather is holding, fingers crossed now ! Charging a few gliders right now :D Cycling a few batteries, some needed it ! :roll:
See you all tomorrow ! :D
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Fred; I've got clear blue skies but only a light breeze here in Wexford What's it like in your neck of the woods?
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Hey Keith,
So far all good here ! :D
Cloud cover seems ok, and good wind ! Should hold for the day :D
finally, some good flying ahead !
you can call me for an update later if you want :D
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Not a lot of wind in East Meath either. Some low cloud about. Can't see if Wicklow mountains are covered in cloud.
Forecast is for the cloud base to rise.
So.
Maybe I will just pack gliders in the car and gate crash the event.
Yous would'nt mind would yous ??
The Discus is'nt ready yet. But. The Stargazer and the 1.2 Fling are just itchen to go.
Maybe I should stay at home and wash the car or something.
Cha
:lol: :lol:
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Hey Cha,
Of course, no problem ! :D The more, the merrier ! :D
I'll be up there at around 1pm!
So far, the clouds seems to be higher than the top, and blowing NNW-NWW :D
And let the rain wash your car ! :D
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Ok Fred.
Will be good to meet up.
Will prob be there by 1.
Not sure how long it will take.
Think I know the place anyhow.
I have Dave's mobile no and can give him a buzz if I cant find yous.
Hi Dave if you are still around.
See you in the afternoon
Cha
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Thanks for all the info Fred.
I'm not confident that the breeze is going to keep up for the day, and I've nothing that flys in light condx, :cry: so I'll give it a miss today. I'll have to wait until later in the year before I see your happy smiling face again. (By then you should be a daddy x2) :D
Hope you all have a good days flying up there. Here in the sunny S.E. I'll be flying models with those little whirly things on the front of them.
See Y'
Keith
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Aaaaaahhhh Keith :cry: :cry: :(
So far, all good, good wind and sunny !
I bring the club's EasyGlider you would have taken it if the wind were going down...
Hopefully next time now.. Still no signs of the baby, but I'm on call for the afternoon... Don't be surprised if you see me running in a panic ! :P
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:D Big smile on my face ! :D
That was a great day ! 8 to 12 km/h wind, dead straight on the slope, and smooth lifts !
And snow ! :D
Cha, that was really good to see you, good to put a face on a forum's name ! And thanks for bringing up my gears to my car with Dave while I was chatting like a girl ! :oops: :clap: :clap:
Sorry, no videos, but here a re a few photos of the day...
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Ah Bo!!@x. I wish I could have been there. Great photos Fred. Were the roads clear of snow up there.
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Definitively a great day ! :P :P
Road was ok up to the car park.. After that, 30cm of snow on the road and blocked ! :shock: :shock:
Huge chaos up there, with people all over the place, and fe@?./"//+**ing drivers :!: :!: :!: blocking the way, almost from the panoramic view up to the carpark ! :!: :!:
Other than that, fantastic day ! :D :D
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Thanks for the Photos Fred.
I took some video.
I even have a shot the CATCH.
Will have to learn how to put it on the board.
I have shared ridge soaring with sea gulls at Gormanston beach and a real live kestrel on Clogher head.
Today was the first time I flew with another model in the sky.
Today I flew with 4 other models.
A really great day
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Great to meet up eventually.
Hey
Any News
Things must of started by now.
If not
Hope all goes well and you both get some sleep.
Cha
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Very good picies, nice to see you guys enjoyed yourselves. It may well be that I made the wrong choice, staying in Co Wexford. Although 12 K breeze would have been a bit light. (Thank's for the offer of the easyglide Fred.)
Seems there was a good selection of models, but no combat! :shock: (Maybe that was also due to low wind speed)
Well done Cha for flying with other models in the air, it certainly make a difference doesn't it! :clap: I think we all get spoilt flying in "clear skies" and then when we fly with others there is definitely a sense of awarness of the other planes. (Breaks the concentration a bit, doesn't it :wink:)
Right then,........until the next time!
Keith
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Thanks for the Photos Fred.
I took some video.
I even have a shot the CATCH.
Will have to learn how to put it on the board.
I have shared ridge soaring with sea gulls at Gormanston beach and a real live kestrel on Clogher head.
Today was the first time I flew with another model in the sky.
Today I flew with 4 other models.
A really great day
and
Great to meet up eventually.
Hey
Any News
Things must of started by now.
If not
Hope all goes well and you both get some sleep.
Cha
Hey Cha,
For the photos, that is really easy, the only thing to do, is to reduce the size of the photos to 600 pixels max. After that, you have to use the "download an image from your PC" button on top of the typing window, select your photo, and send !
Otherwise, you can send them to me, so as the videos if you want, and I'll put them all for you :D
My mail : fred@gliderireland.net
Still no signs of the baby yet... Should be anytime, but looks like he don't really want to show up yet and wait for the good time ! Bloody recession ! :lol:
We keep in touch anyway for the next meeting, weather permitting of course. And why not also a trip to Mt Leinster ? :?: :D
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Very good picies, nice to see you guys enjoyed yourselves. It may well be that I made the wrong choice, staying in Co Wexford. Although 12 K breeze would have been a bit light. (Thank's for the offer of the easyglide Fred.)
Seems there was a good selection of models, but no combat! :shock: (Maybe that was also due to low wind speed)
Keith
Lifts were everywhere and smooth, really smooth. Everything was flying (well, a bit of troubles with the wasabi, even if the flaps helped a bit, but that was too light for it to have good decent fun !)
Launched the Alpina without any risks, and the thing did not wanted to go down ! Really good lifts, even if the wind felt like absent...
Flew in the Pyrennees in this kind of conditions several times, and I think the snow smooth pretty much everything (I'm theorising here, but sound like a good guess :?: )
Had the wing in the car, haven't flown it that day, but was ready for some combat action ! :D
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Looks like a nice day lads! Always like it when the snow is still left on the slope. Very romantic! :lol: :lol:
Itchin' for a bit of flying myself. Feels like months since I been out!