Today, Thursday, the good run of weather seems to have come to an end. We arrived at Lagunilla with high Cirrus and some wave forming up. There were plenty of Griffon vultures flying which encouraged David Glew and myself off. However, we did not spend long flying as it became uncomfortably windy.
Since Saturday the epic conditions have continued but without the storms we suffered saturday afternoon. Each day we have had 3000m + with strong climbs and ligh winds from the N. Perfect conditions for circuit tasks, though I must admit my cold of the last few days has not had me pushing for every hour […]
Our cat Fred, after around 12 years with us, dissapeared last night from our new encampment. A frantic day of worry and all my tracking skills to no avail. We finally decided he must have been taken by a wild animal (Fred is a very homely cat, never leaving sight of his bed and food […]
This period now has three slots available as 3 pilots had to pull out.
Our house is slowly going up but far from finished. We have now moved into the field and are in a reasonably lavish tent in the forest below. No internet connection, so I must steal moments when I am at the house, though there seems to be little time as the non flyable times are […]
Excellent conditons today. A light E on the first flight changed to a light NW for the XC. Nigel, Rob and myself landed at Avila with Peter at the bend in the road and Raymond about 20km short of Avila.
A standard day, with and early flight then and XC over the pass. Finn and I found it a bit bouncy on the other side so landed level with Amavida. A nice evening soar with good climbs till late. Martin made the most of his hang gliding flight and I flew a couple of commerical […]
Congratulations to Finn Kennedy today. After nearly 2 hours of flying around during the morning, Fin had a further 2.5hrs to Avila, landing near the city walls. A day with good Cu developement and a base of around 2600m. A great evening restitution flight was enjoyed by all, especially Martin on his hang glider.
This, our first week, has gone quite well so far. The temperatures are in the 20s and we have had some good flying conditions. So far only Thursday has been none flyable (windy from SW). Miraculously our house arrived yesterday from the USA (//www.kuhnsbros.com/). Those of you who have been out with us over the […]
Yesterday we managed a fair bit of flying at Chia, including 4 commercial tandems. Today, with lighter conditions, nice thermals at Peña Negra, and Ian made a good flight to Barco. The afternoon we spent doing a little beekeeping and chicken watching. The evening flight never happend due to the wing going too far east.