Collected taster student Diane Masson at Ballynure, hoping for a good day. Arrived at Skeagh to find Martin bates just parking - he wanted to get airborne again after a long layoff following a wrist injury (not flying related). So - after the preliminary BHPA-insistent paperwork, up the hill we go but find the wind off a bit to the NW and 8-10mph. Fine for ground handling so that was the story.
Like all beginners, Diane found the small Firebird F1rst wing a bit of a handful but quickly mastered reverse launch practice. A couple of forward launch attempts were made but were less successful, with the wing falling off to the side before getting overhead. Unfortunately there was no opportunity to get a low flight as the wind went west, blowing on the slope crossed by power lines. All that effort was tiring and the temperature was dropping so we quit.
Meantime Martin shook the cobwebs out of his Tequila 4 wing on top of the hill. He faffed about for a while ground handling, ending in a good takeoff and surprisingly floaty flight to the bottom with a gentle standup landing.
Gerry Johnston turned up for some practice after a long layoff and had one successful flight from the top with a standup landing before the wind went west which meant no takeoff facing the power lines!
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