Stevie G's Log Book 2009

[Norris]

What does 30c mean? Does that mean that the rain is warm???

[Stevie G]

17/5/09. Babadag. NE. 16mph. 30c... get the mornıng brıef of Jockey, then straıght up to Bagadag, the meteo wınd ıs over the back, but ıt doesnt stop anyone gettıng off ın the lulls, also we are ın some leesıde... all the gang get away and do thıer varıous spıns and roll reversals...except for 2 that came down because the breeze pıcked up and was sıde on...a good move... my radıo ıs faılıng me so İ just wang my wıngovers and do long sats...plenty of hıeght to play..... back for another brıef.. get a radıo that works, then up to an other sıte 900mts, all off thıs tıme doıng search for stalls and spın stalls, they practıce more wıngovers...there all gettıng to grıps wıth the concept and ımprovıng daıly... İ fınally manage to do helıcopters...so pleased...gonna pratıce all day tomorrow...everyones buzzın and tıred, a good day.

[Norris]

Nice one mate, I am jealous at you getting to fly, let alone flying so well!!!

[Stevie G]

16/5/09.Babadag. NE. 15mph. 28c... We all had an early flıght ın the mornıng wıth hardley any breeze... all guys dıd their b-line stall and bıg bıg ears, fınıshıng with wıngovers... I practıce  wıngovers ınto sats.... we all go for more brıefıng then back up for some more....the guys dıd theır symetrıc tucks of varıous kınds and end ın wıngovers, john and me had to go to the very top take of coz the wınd was comıng over the back and pıckıng up...we take off on the NE sıde ın 15 mph wınd, but when over the sea ıts all calm, john fınıshes hıs manouvres, İ practıce fındıng the stall poınt while sattin and tryın to loop my wıngovers.... everyone very happy... all well tıred out...more tomorrow

[Stevie G]

15/5/09. Babadag Turkey. lıght westerly. 27c... took off from bagadag and went ın search off house thermals, found them ın front off take off, 4-5mps clımbs, gaıned a few hundered ft above take off and just floated around for about 40 mıns, we all had a good safe flght, the scenery ıs awesome, landıng was easy..... a good way to start our trıp...tomorrow we start the sıv...cant waıt....6000ft ttb

[Stevie G]

2/5/09. Rhossili. WNW-WSW-W. 13-16mph. 14c... what a day... lots of visiting pilots...all good, but... 20+ in air... cookie, Stuee and regalar motley bunch there.. light to start, but cookie always testing the air, he's not flown long but a very promising pilot... 1ish were all in the air..loads of gliders, Paraventure school too, nice bunch...bhpa Dave doing tandems...he's good...lots of personal practicing going on..good to see... Im flying solo(testin S7 awesome) between tandems... all of us gettin round 1150asl easy to gain hieght after manouvres and more than 2.30hrs air time for a lot of the guys (big flying window today 7hrs easy) most people all flown out... social, beers and food afters...

thanks to all the guys that helped me with my tandems...we need more like you

[Stevie G]

30/4/09.Rhossili. WNW 12-14mph. 13c... got to Rhossili at 5... Nick, Gerry and James already flying for an hr... oragraphic cycling thru... fly for half hr, Viv arrives, we all land as it gets lighter, chat for 20mins then it picks up again, so were all in the air... gettin bout 980ft asl..orographic on and off, it was a good unexpected afternoon flight...managed 1.07hrs...beer for afters

[Stevie G]

21/04/09. Rhossili. WSW 12-14mph. 7c... the morning and lunchtime was clean and sunny, Paraventure and Viv had the best of it, then the sea mist and oragraphic kicked in...the flying was teknical and snotty...a dozen pilots in the air by then..everyone still had fun and flew to thier limits... got 880ft asl and flew 1.05hrs...not your usual easy going site... an early finish and a nice social after...

[Stevie G]

20/04/09. Hay Bluff. NW 11-13mph. 20c... was on an errand up the valleys...thought there might be a chance to fly while up there...called Paraventure got the thumbs up for the Bluff...grabbed Vic... got there and walked up the easy side...no real breeze.. again just cycles coming thru... caught one just right... huge 3.5-5.5mps thermals, fantastic, inversion at 5200ft asl... managed to punch thru that, never done that before...continued rising to5600ft asl...gettin above the clouds WOW...after keepin the hieght for 45mins it just seem to all shut off and get colder.... sea breeze kicked in...all the way that far in land...sat ed off my hieght to land back on top, but had to land going on to hill...never done that before iether... always learning, I love this sport..

[Stevie G]

19/04/09.Heol Senni. 10mph. 16c... Arrived late, good to see a good handfull of swwsc there, it wasnt really soarable, thermic cycles coming thru, so we could use those...once in them you could catch more...evreyone managed to find some and did their thing....learning... exploring...taking advantage of what we could find...there was some good tecknical flying goin on....I managed 1047ft ato and got 40mins in...worth it for me....beer with friends after....nice

[Stevie G]

18/04/09. Heol Senni. ENE 14mph. 15-9c...arrived at Abernant 4pm behind SteveJ, Andy H, Nick and Viv, it had been strong all day, we were hoping for a good flight, noticing Gerry allraedy up on the hill we radioed thru , he said it was 13ish and on the hill but calming... so we rushed up, were ready... we all had a few hops, but nothing really was happening, it was just cycles coming thru after bout 15mins of hops Nick and I land at the bottom field, chat and decide to go to Heol Senni... upon arriving 6pm it seemed promosing, got to top...14mph.... little thermals coming thru... we got to 600ft ato...sometimes 2mps up, bullets sometimes, but safe..it was working anyway..happy...flew 1.10hrs...safe landings... nice social beer afters

[Stevie G]

12/04/09. Rhossili. WNW 9-12mph. 16-9c... know nothing was going to happen till late afternoon Sotty and me got there for 3pm, shortly followed by Paul H, Gerry and Nasher... walked to top t/o and ground handled to test the air... the tide was out and turning, some pokey thermals were coming thru from the beach making it possible to fly.... could only get 810ft asl... sometimes only staying at ridge hieght, got 1.15hrs airtime... an excellent fun day, beautiful scenery with sun all day...

[Stevie G]

11/04/09. Rhossili. WNW 12-15mph. 20-10c... a late start at Rhossili, a lot of visiting pilots around and a handfull of regulars... about 3pm it became doable, only gettin a few hundred ft ato then scratching... an on and off sort of day... got 40mins... then it just died off...most people landed on the beach, packed up and seemed to go home?... while having our after flight pint, we watched a lonely pilot scratching around, then all of a sudden the wind started to kick in... we quickly went back and had over an hours worth of smooth flying gettin a good 1000ft ato... again people flying out to sea... the tide was in... practicing there fun stuff... a good day... 1.45mins airtime... thanks Gareth Pawan for helping Chriss and me untangle his lines, a bit off a mess it was...

[Norris]

Cookie got more airtime yesterday than I got all week!!

[Stevie G]

10/4/09. Rhossili. WNW 15-16mph. 9c... what a day, it started to work around 1ish and was on till 7ish, a small group of pilots in the air, only a handfull of locals, everyone was having fun doing there own thing, ridge soaring....some practiceing there wingovers and spirals...some doing sats... even Nick was doing wing overs, never seen him do that before, he was quite good... I was on tandem all day, my passenger let me practice throwing it about, that Bi5 is a good safe wing... we were all getting a good 1000ft asl and hours of flying under our belts... 1.55 for me