A good crowd of club fliers out from winter hibernation riding thermic conditions on Big Collin sunshine today. Three paragliding schools working too, so expect new club members before long!
I had a thermic soaring flight whilst waiting for a student to arrive. Looking down from my old Firebird Spider on a new Delta wing was surprising. Traffic hugging the hill plus a search for a thermal that had just left, meant a slope landing first time. Second flight was better, with a top landing that took about 5 mins as the entire hilltop was covered in lifting air.
Worked with my student for a few hours, resulting in Pete finishing all his EP flying tasks. The sky was buzzing with club pilots all the time. While Pete was packing up after his last flight, I went up to retrieve my wing abandoned earlier on the hilltop. Wind was 8-9mph and Andrew D and I took turns to fly. I managed to stay up for a while and landed just below the top to let Andrew off. No lift for him. I then took off again and soared, finishing with a cruise along above the lane halfway to the entrance gate and back to land by the windsock. Andrew flew down to join me. End of a great day. Hoping for more tomorrow!
