Glastonbury

Launched Sunday at 1710 from Millfield school driving range! No one practicing! Gorgeous evening with light winds.......went South initially, turning back to NE and eventually landing at the Glastonbury festival area at a neighbour of Micheal Eavis! Nobby met a long lost cousin who had booked on the flight......AAHHH.....

Weather improving!

Looks like the weather is improving from tomorrow........Hoping to launch from Millfield school near Glastonbury during the afternoon!......Oh Happy Days....

Pants weather at the moment.......watch this space......lets hope spring returns soon........meanwhile I shall be a good citizen and do my end of year tax.........creatively!!!!!(only joking Big Brother)

Pandy Launch

This is without doubt my favourite launch site, it is in Wales!!!!

The launch field is right on the edge of the Black Mountains, 6 miles north of Abergavenny, in the shadow of the wonderful 'Skirrid'.

Saturday morning was mainly clear with a bit of haze and zero wind for take off......picked up some breeze with altitude and headed SE..........after chasing through miles of single track road we caught up with them some 7 miles on.......ready to land in a nice dry field........could not contact the landowner, but having confirmed the farmhouse with a neighbouring farmer, left a bottle and polite note.......Event free flight.....but this pilot must learn to drive!!!!(gate removed from post!......repaired though!)

First Weekend of the Season

Well, we are off to a good start........Launched our big red Virgin on Friday at about 4.45 into clear skys above Bath......went NE for about 12 miles and landed safely in a chaps front garden!(actually it was a field, but positioned where a garden would be.....)......No mishaps or drama apart from the pilot nearly hanging himself during pre-flight safety checks when he got caught in the parachute lines!(not a conventional parachute, its the bit at the top which lets the hot air out!)