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Offline Pete Cooke

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Re: Pete s flying diary!.
« Reply #33 on: July 10, 2009, 17:56:44 PM »
the forcast favoured rhosili  ,nearly two hours each way driving paid of with over 2 hours flying .not the best conditions but most enjoyable flying.and a pint of shandy to end the day ,mmm.
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Offline Pete Cooke

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Re: Pete s flying diary!.
« Reply #32 on: July 09, 2009, 21:14:12 PM »
added another 40mins this evening at abertwswg luvly jubly
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Offline Norris

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Re: Pete s flying diary!.
« Reply #31 on: July 09, 2009, 20:26:49 PM »
With any luck it brings Rhosilli mate!!!!
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Offline Pete Cooke

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Re: Pete s flying diary!.
« Reply #30 on: July 09, 2009, 11:27:00 AM »
aranged to meet with noris and john 7am at fochrew or abertwswg.had text 6.30am of noris saying he,s sat on aber the wind is bang on but light.finish my cuppa then off to aber .we waited aprox half an hour when noris decides to head for fochrew as we can see karl having more success there.john and i wait it out .the wait paid off ,ten mins later were both airborne in a nice wnw wind .24minutes of of nice soaring until the wind picked up and we were geting pinned .we both landed and watched noris and another pilot over at fochrew .they too were soon on the ground ..i wounder what  tomorrow brings?
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Offline Pete Cooke

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Re: Pete s flying diary!.
« Reply #29 on: June 26, 2009, 13:54:38 PM »
last nite went to bleanavon to jion richy and spring box steve for the ridge run .i got there around 8pm and enjoyed 40mins of smooth lift  .over to the dogstone and back a realy nice end to the day  !
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Offline Pete Cooke

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Re: Pete s flying diary!.
« Reply #28 on: June 26, 2009, 13:51:55 PM »
last sunday had a text from noris at 8.30 am from rhosili he just landed after his first flight.this spured me on ,up to fochrew 1hour 50mins in lush smooth conditions .such a relief as 5 and above up was so tireing ,lol.a couple hours break to let the drizzle pass and back to the skys for more lush smooth 2n half hours mmmm bliss!
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Offline peter johnson

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Re: Pete s flying diary!.
« Reply #27 on: June 16, 2009, 21:05:09 PM »
nice one pete,   

stuck my fingers up at a Euro fighter today , 500ft away, flying at my level. so glad I landed about 30 second before he flew past
I hope he listened to me shouting abuse at him!!! 

scratchy day today but suprisingly sharp thermals off the beach
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Offline Pete Cooke

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Re: Pete s flying diary!.
« Reply #26 on: June 16, 2009, 20:28:53 PM »
10 mins just to get a feel of things .strait back into the air  it got beter and beter over the cliff face and over the trees.2hours 8 secs lol of pure pleasure. 8pm it dies of and everyone packs up ..i had a 10 min s on karls sigma 6  mmm nice wing
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Offline Pete Cooke

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Re: Pete s flying diary!.
« Reply #25 on: June 16, 2009, 20:24:17 PM »
nantymoel ,arrived on site 4.30 pm along with karl .quiet a few pilots already there and some cp pilots from paraventure .great to see some of the swansea crew there too!.a chat with paul williams then unpacked rigged and flew into nice smooth lifting air ,such a relief after geting my but kicked for last few weeks,i landed after about 1
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Offline Norris

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Re: Pete s flying diary!.
« Reply #24 on: June 14, 2009, 20:15:43 PM »
The last flight we shared was a beaut mate. Just me you and Stu in the air. Wicked!!!
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Offline Pete Cooke

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Re: Pete s flying diary!.
« Reply #23 on: June 14, 2009, 19:36:10 PM »
Merthyr .it kicked off at about 11am ,a few short flights just making it back to hill.12oclock the thermals started coming and by golly they were powerfull over 5 up several times today .id only experienced 5up once or twice ,and these babies ment business.i managed to get to 1500ft plus ato ,but! theres often a but lol,i had such a kicking i wanted to get down  ,spiraling up instead of down .big big ears it had to be ,it was a relieve to be on tera ferma.i realy wanted to go xc  hoping to get to abergavenny .another day perhaps.lost count of number off flights and airtime well over 3hours and countless walk ups lol .big up to mikey the newbie he flew and flew when more experienced guys on the ground .WELL DONE MICKEY!
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Offline Pete Cooke

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Re: Pete s flying diary!.
« Reply #22 on: June 13, 2009, 22:33:05 PM »
funny you say that!i said to noris .>you were doing well <answer was . i was [censored]in me pants lol
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Offline AndyH

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Re: Pete s flying diary!.
« Reply #21 on: June 13, 2009, 21:53:25 PM »
We could hear Norris screaming from Fan G.
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Offline Pete Cooke

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Re: Pete s flying diary!.
« Reply #20 on: June 13, 2009, 19:34:05 PM »
arrived at nanty about 11.30am .a few pilots already there .my first flight was just under an hour and got to 1500ft ato,in very bumpy sucky lift ,it took as long to get down as it did to get up there .lol.by 5,30 pm it got a bit to strong for my liking .2hrs 20 mins airtime several flights and the usual groundhandling im happyyyy!
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Offline Pete Cooke

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Re: Pete s flying diary!.
« Reply #19 on: June 11, 2009, 20:50:54 PM »
arrange to meet with johny kayak at fochrew 4pm .from fochrew i could see 5or6 hangies at merthyr but no paragliders due to the fact its blowing a gale. we decide to go get a cuppa and return just after 6,30pm to find conditions have improved 16-18mph on the hill .i launch my rush into the sky and thats were i stayed for 1hr20mins fabulous. my phone is ringing its steve mogsie who has been at rhosilli all day with noris and stu .he informs me that he,s had the best days flying ever 8hours .i swore at him and switched my phone off  .lol
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