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Offline Pete Cooke

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  • Airtime: 100-500 Hours
  • Glider Type: Paraglider
  • Pilot Rating: Club Pilot
Re: petes 2010 diary
« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2010, 19:45:23 PM »
Pontlottyn .arive on site 4.4opm.15-18mph north east. rig and off into 3up 187mtrs ato.along with noris james andy karl and leon all of us enjoying the  very lively air i had 1 flight 1hour and 15mins and some groundhandling .i do love evening flying after a days work! :)

Offline Pete Cooke

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  • Posts: 62
  • Airtime: 100-500 Hours
  • Glider Type: Paraglider
  • Pilot Rating: Club Pilot
Re: petes 2010 diary
« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2010, 16:58:54 PM »
2hours of fun at nanty moel yesterday afternoon.big thermals and big thermals at ebbwvale today infact i can see three gliders still in the sky from my garden..4hours plus in strong 3.8up got over 2000k ato pushed out over the valley and thermaled with the seagulls ..noris flew home to pontllotyn ,well done mate!monday looks good he he.....

Offline Pete Cooke

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  • Posts: 62
  • Airtime: 100-500 Hours
  • Glider Type: Paraglider
  • Pilot Rating: Club Pilot
Re: petes 2010 diary
« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2010, 19:48:33 PM »
woohooo at FOCHREW last night ,rite after work made way to the hill .a handfull of pilots on the ridge not flying .rigid up on the landing area and kited to 300 ft ato ,crikey no wonder they were sat on the ridge .looking over at merthyr i could see a white wing doing well which made me think positive and thought just go with the flow .i spent the next  hour in very exciting air ,bullet thermals everywhere and no sink after an hour it calmed and the sky was full of gliders over at merthyr and fochrew also i could see another wing over at abertwswg ,it was jeremy who soon jioned us at fochrew on his new glider cant wait to rub some sheep poo on it ..i called it day after 2 hours .just what you need after a days work .luvly jubly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Offline Pete Cooke

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  • Posts: 62
  • Airtime: 100-500 Hours
  • Glider Type: Paraglider
  • Pilot Rating: Club Pilot
petes 2010 diary
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2010, 18:27:39 PM »
the thumbs up goes to bryncws along with micky today squeezed an hour in the sky before the the rain came first half hour was real nice lots of lift everywhere then the wind backed which made things a little tricky .then i thought nick was having a good time over the trees so off over the trees i go then i thinking o ,no vario beter not back to front of  launch to play low level ,,,,then the RAIN  :'(