Back from France

We had a great time in France. One fun event was landing Adam Corke into the rescue boat during the SIV course in Annecy. Here is the video I hope you like the James Bond stunt. Well done Adam!

Then Stuart and John wanted to through their reserves so we obliged. Notice how both reserves come out really quickly but look at the descent rate of Stuarts when the glider is flying towards the lake. It is important to get you wing in and the best way is a big pull on the front risers while it is diving against the first reseve opening. Also notice John has a surprise pilot chasing stardom.




We had a great time at the Chabre open. Over 120 pilots all competing in this fun event which was really well supported by Ozone, who gave a free glider and tonnes of amazing prizes. The weather was not up to its normal standard as there was a bit of over-development each day, but we did manage to qet in 3 good tasks and had a lovely free flying day on the Friday. The Chabre open is such a good event and is a perfect venue, atmoshere, and chemistry to encourage pilots to push themselves in a safe, competitive environment. Each night we did de-briefings in the marque, replaying the pilots flights on the giant screen.



The next stop was Annecy, and after a rainy start, we had some un believabley hot weater. Sweltering! Luckily I had to spend most of the time bobbing around in Steves lovely mastercraft speed boat which we used as the rescue boat. I must admit we got in some epic wake-boarding just to cool down. The suffering I endure for the lovely pilots safety. I will put it on you-tube, but we had some amazing footage of Adam Corke landing his Ultralite in the rescue boat to save his precious wing getting wet. It was very James Bond stunt.

The Cross country flying started off well with several tours of the lake and many personal bests, then when we started planning the Chamonix expedition, things started to look bigger and blacker, so that was shelved and we carried on flying along the Parmalan towards Bonneville. Well done to all the pilots who joined us on the SIV and XC, you all did so well. All of us had a good time and it was a good call to go to base ourselves at the camping site at Nublierre, at the lake shore.