My Flights

Posts Tagged ‘takeoff’

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAO9pakHlEM[/youtube]The day started when Bob cruised past my house on the way to Cromarty launch ahead of the expected southerly change, we talked on the radio with me giving wind speed and direction updates until my internet went down around 3pm. Bob or Jason went off to Crackers to see if i had come on there and I don't know what happened to them after that, shame they didn't wait some more My web came back on at quarter to 4 and I went straight to the BOM and it was on At Crackers SE 10-11 knots, I grabbed the wing and head straight for Crackers expecting to find the air full of wings. But I turned up on launch and it was just me. Read the rest of this entry »

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Here I am doing a take off in Bali, the wind was pretty full on so I went down the hill a bit as this makes it a lot easier to bring the wing up. No time for ground handling in this wind.

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Frank Warwick doing a touch and go at Payung, Bali

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I take off from take off at the Payung cliff top in Bali, fly along the cliffs, around the Pura (temple) Balon, over the quarry (Stonepit) to the Nikko Bali Resort & Spa and back with a wing-over on launch then a 360 in front of the Pura (Temple) Gunung Payung and then line up my landing bach at Payung cliff top. Read the rest of this entry »