TVHGC Flying Diary

NNW 10-14 with thermals!



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Name	::	Mike Manners
Email	::	_at_
Date	::	30 / 01 / 2010
Direction	::	North West
Comments	::	Arrived on hill at 10am. Wind 11-15mph gusting 20mph & a bit N. waited till 11am when wind calmed & backed to NW... perfect! Launched for 5 hours of almost non stop soaring, landing only to get some life back into the finger tips! C'c'c'cold!!! Nice to see a hillfull of PG's
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XC League	::	TVHGC :: National

Name	::	Rob Keeler
Email	::	keelerro@yahoo.com _at_
Date	::	23 / 01 / 2010
Direction	::	North
Comments	::	After a grueling carry up on a snowy path, had to wait it it out on top for hill fog to pass. Eventually got a short session of ridge soaring followed by a gently glide to the bottom. Couldn't face a second trip up but the views made the drive worthwhile.
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XC League	::	TVHGC :: National

The wind was ESE which is spot on for Maes Knoll which is about 1/2 hour away from home. Trouble was it was a bit strong. 18-23mph on the top, then 25-30mph.......... It felt fairly smooth so up we went. Unfortunately it was a bit lumpy in the air. Probably because the terrain out front is a bit undulating. So in the air you went up rapido sometimes and sometimes not. Plenty, plenty rustling from the canopy as well. I suppose the front edge was having to dig into some meaty lumps of air and responded accordingly........ Had to be very cautious about getting high as wind up there would easily blow me over the back!! On a Nova Ibex15. Doesn't bear thinking about on anything bigger.................



Reech

WSW 10-17 then 4-8 then 10-17 then 4-8.......

All a bit too westerly and gusty realy. Some hangies had an okay time of it. I messed about with my Ibex again in a takeoff do a beat or two and slope land kinda way. Had to leave early to do some scuba diving!

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Name	::	Mike Hibbit/ Daniel Games
Email	::	cloud9airsports@btopenworld.com _at_
Date	::	17 / 01 / 2010
Direction	::	South West
Comments	::	We arrived about 2pm to find a light , but soarable wind. Of course nobody was there! After 15 minutes in the smooth laminar air flow the wind suddenly increased dramatically and it was a case of speed bar forward and then big ear down. After a tea break we resumed flying until about 4pm when the wind dropped away. Nice afternoon.
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XC League	::	TVHGC :: National

Name	::	Bob Johnston
Email	::	bob _at_ skylinemodelsdotcodotuk
Date	::	17 / 01 / 2010
Direction	::	South West
Comments	::	A lovely spring like day in comparison to recent weather if a little breezy, I nipped up Dunstable in the hope of a quick fly but it was so breezy I stayed up until it dropped off enough to top land been to lazy to walk up from the bottom, it was never lifty and had to use some speed bar plenty of times but it was nice to get in the air again, roll on spring!
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XC League	::	TVHGC :: National

Name	::	Nik Valiris
Email	::	nik.valiris _at_ gmail.com
Date	::	02 / 01 / 2010
Direction	::	North West
Comments	::	With snow on the ground and the wind off Milk Hill a little and some strong conditions mid day the afternoon and morning seemed to be the best option with conditions more reasonable managed three short flights in the afternoon and the last being a little turbulent. However nice afternoon was had flying to sunset with others.
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XC League	::	TVHGC :: National

Big fun was had in the snow.



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Name	::	Malcolm Beard
Email	::	highviz _at_ smartemail.co.uk
Date	::	03 / 01 / 2010
Direction	::	East
Comments	::	Nice winter soaring and even had some weak thermals to play with. Perfect for hang gliding, but a little breezy for PG's until later in the day, when 6 or 7 had a float around.
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XC League	::	TVHGC :: National

Name	::	Reech
Email	::	_at_
Date	::	02 / 01 / 2010
Direction	::	West
Comments	::	After a brain fart visit to Merthyr where the track was impassable and the claggy cloud looked a bit meancing, went to Rhosilli! Peeps had been flying all day. 3.30 by the time Ron and I got there. Was a bit strong so got the Ibex15 out and had a really relaxing fly about until the cold forced me to land. Even my Tycoon got to fly....... As 5.5kgs of ballast with Ron! Perfect test of my little wing!
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XC League	::	TVHGC :: National

Name	::	Bob Johnston
Email	::	bob _at_ skylinemodelsdotcodotuk
Date	::	03 / 01 / 2010
Direction	::	North East
Comments	::	Nice but bloody cold day, little clouds popping up even but not quite enough wind to consistently fly this little site, plenty of hops and ground handling to work off the holiday excess.
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XC League	::	TVHGC :: National

Name	::	Bob Johnston
Email	::	bob _at_ skylinemodelsdotcodotuk
Date	::	01 / 01 / 2010
Direction	::	North West
Comments	::	A nice start to the year with 3 of using having a short flight on Chinnor after a very cold wait for any wind, it only lasted about 20 mins then dropped again but by then I was frozen anyway!
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XC League	::	TVHGC :: National

Name	::	Mrs Moose
Email	::	me _at_ cloudbaseparagliding dot com
Date	::	02 / 01 / 2010
Direction	::	North West
Comments	::	Tried this nice site for the first time as I was with friends Iain and Helen over that way. Luxurious parking by take off and not as busy as a thermic summer day would be, but it still made me appreciate our TV quieter slopes. People were friendly and polite and there were schools training and tandems flying as well. Had nearly an hour floating about in crystal clear, sunny skies until the wind went too west. The rest of Cloudbase had a very good day training at Rudlers.
Pictures	::	Too cold to hold a camera!
XC League	::	TVHGC :: National

Name	::	Reech
Email	::	rstiling _at_ blueyonder.co.uk
Date	::	01 / 01 / 2010
Direction	::	North West
Comments	::	Very light, very sunny (not a cloud in sight). Got just about soarable quite late. Switched off really fast which had most in the bottom landing field!
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XC League	::	TVHGC :: National