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Member#: 1869 Location: Registered: 01-05-2006 Diary Entries: 1
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24th April 2004
Paragliding - Gliding: DCAE (RAF) Cosford Wind Direction: SW Wind Stength: 5kts Surf / Sea State: na Air Temperature: 20 Sea Temperature: na Weather: clear/sunny Max Speed: Distance Covered:
Having not flown for nearly a month while I wait for the medical centre to
get its act together (or maybe I didn't book my renewal early enough :S) I
went up with the Boss to practice some EFATOs (engine failure after take
off) and also did a practice field landing.
The PFL was good fun, we chose what seemed to look like a nicely mown field
on a farm, did our circuit and didnt put the power on to climb away until
we were down to around 50 - 100ft. I didn't see this (too busy flying) but
the boss said two farm workers came running out of a barn in to the field
we were aiming for, I just hope they were running to help had we have
really lost the engine rather than coming running out with their favourite
12-bore!
It was also a good day for engine off gliding - at one point we were sat in
10kts up with the engine off, an incredible thermal for this time of
year.
Enjoyed the flight - good practice and good fun! Had 50 minutes up all
together.
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