Saturday 40mph and no bull!

(apologies in advance for the lack of flying shots)

Phil comes and mingles with the riff-raff for the day

He brings with him the mighty Condor

meanwhile Mark's DG has a terminal incident

"His name is Robert Paulson"

Mark thinks it might be a 'digit to stick' issue, and so undergoes

a surgical procedure to reduce the size of his hand. This will allow

him to make minute adjustments to the sticks....

 ...or something

The Smack's volumous Vortex makes a noise like a Formula 1 race bike, and we're all

highly impressed....

until we discover is just a bit of farty Solartrim!

Mr Taylor is very happy with the Condor

and we are captivated by the grassy swathe for quite some time

Phil (53) from Devon also enjoys country walks, live music..... 

and sizeable sail planes

Lord of the Flies

Firle! we are inundated with procreating mayflies

too much additional tail weight means we're grounded...

and with all these pheromones in the air, a man's mind turns to the pleasures of the flesh!

Simon seems happy to receive!

but one flash of that designer underwear...

and it's all over!

manly Axel is having no part in this perversion

but Kirk is less discerning...

where's Axel gone?

 he seems to be playing hard to get

meanwhile we have a jittery Nimbus to tinker with

range check looks promising

it's still not happy in the air though

a swap of receivers does the job

 Jim and wing....soon to destroy itself in a fit of flutter

No flying shots as usual, hopefully the video of events will remedy this situation in a week or so....

Fun Cub at Firle

as flown by Paritech whilst waiting for the British summer to arrive...

the glory of spring!

 An impromptu visit to Firle means we're treated to the company of

several other jolly visitors...

Jim smells rain....

ignore the approaching downpour; let's fly!

Barry treats us all to a flash of leg

we're trying desperately to make this look like a wonderful spring weather shot

Salto gets maidened despite the clag

Paritech arrive!

mostly German quality plastic...

and some Blue Airlines produce

too much gloom....back to the carpark 

a van that every glider guider would love to see arrive at his house!

rear ending this vehicle would result in a seriously expensive

insurance claim! 

round the other side the Blue Nun flows freely

Fox looks foxy at half scale!

checking the forecast

'I vood love to stay, but your English weather ist sheiBe!'

footage to follow at some point

Saturday off the slope...

A day of manly activities on Saturday with the first stage of installing the spar caps 

in Simon's mighty ASG wing...

note shot gun on the wall just in case things go horribly wrong

....it will also be on standby for the maiden to take care of incompetent launchers

 the all seeing eye watches as its limbs take shape on the floor nearby....

just to give you an idea of scale.....

a very pleasing junction

template in place for hot wiring the spar cap slots

rolling out the black gold

Airbus had to halt works due to a shortage of carbon

every aerospace project needs a hammer and some nails

fondling naked carbon

and to top it all he pulls another slope babe out of the bag!