Archive for April 16th, 2011

 

Take off Astro turf is here

April 16th, 2011 - Posted by Steve Ham

Hard to believe, but it really is here. It arrived yesterday and is in storage to the E of town. After Easter the tecnitians should arrive and hopefully start to lay it (needs a sand bedding and some very expensive adhesive). It has only taken 16 years, but it seems we will soon have a […]

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Light winds and Coverence

April 16th, 2011 - Posted by Steve Ham

A fantastic soaring day to finish the week with our Italians. Far more unstable than yesterday and convergence just behind take off with the light SE geostrophic. No early flight and straight into the XC (Towards Barco). Climbs to 2800m with nice Cus. I did two evening tandems both with great thermal climbs right upto […]

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