east hill last night

[gary stenhouse]

well with very promising skyes and a reasnable se wind i thought it was worth a try at east hill. the wind was on the hill and fresh so i oppted for taken off from the small hilock. lots of wind and almost pinned but though well big clouds about just keep on going onto the main ridge, but nothing exept rough air and no lift i kept it up for a bout 20 minutes but with no more than 20m ato i decided to land out in the field infront as the air at that time was a bit rough for top landing.

on board in preperation compo gps with airspace + back up garmin 76csx with airspace radio phone and 2 lt water. when will this hill ever give a thermal?

later though we all got to fly in betterair anto brian and dave senior so at least we got our feet off the ground

[ron freeman]

Its now't to do with the hill Gary....poor lapse rate last night in the Cheviots... but some of the weak thermals had pushed through the strong inversion producing big cumulus clouds.

East hill as you know is not very steep, it alway works better in a light to moderate wind,

Fly your hangglider its much safer and more fun than getting parked on a 2/3 dhv paraglider..... :idea:

[gary stenhouse]

the funny thing was tony anderson rang me to say how epic it looked as he was about to fly out. he later confirmed to me that although he thought he would be hitting some fare turbulance at cloudbase, he said it was flat calm with a light south wind and no thermal activity.

it goes to show dont always believe what you see in the sky as some times its a red herring

[ron freeman]

Compared to a hg & pg the wing loading of a Boeing 757 - 120,000kg doing 220 knots on climb out with a wing area of 185,20 m2 ! heavy powerful stuff... we feel every bump they don't.

[John Wallis]

Boeing 757 - 120,000kg doing 220 knots on climb out with a wing area of 185,20 m2

Tell me that was off the top of your head and I'll be well impressed.

[ron freeman]

Tony Anderson is a gift of information when it come to flying and we have been very good friends for over thirty years now ! he's just completed training on the Boeing 757.

I am fascinated with anything that flies take the honey bee ! wing beats around 250 per sec, its energy is produced from the sugar out of the honey...bees can't fly if the wing temperature drops below 30c ! they have to pump from their stomach to increase the temp (shiver effect) and there off...

But this is nothing compared to the 'Midge'... 1000 beats per sec ! this is why they make a loud humming noise ! fascinating :wink:

[John Watson]

Little bastards an aall them little Midges --- just been paddling up the west coast of Scotland and Im scratchin like buggery. They love my rare blood HIV+