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POWERED PARAGLIDING STORIES.June 17, 2003 Quick flight I have promised Orest that I will call him from the field to let him know if the weather is flyable. "Orest, I am at the field and it looks great!". "OK I will be there shortly." says Orest. It will take him about 1.5 hours to drive to the field so this gives me a window of opportunity to go for quick flight. Hmmm do I choose the trike, large glider such as Lift 28 or do I want to use the Lift 24 and do some ACRO? It looks like I may be able to do some thermaling so Lift 28 would be the weapon of the choice. I dress up get ready and take off.
I search above the forested areas for possible thermals but nothing. The air is perfectly still - three is no vertical movement at all except approximately 5 - 6 km per hour wind from NNE above 200ft AGL my GPS tells me.
OK this helmet looks much better then the other blue one which I call the dorky helmet.
I fly around and gradually climb to 1380 ft.
The air is so smoooth. This when I thought I should try using my cell phone to call someone from mid air. OK, cruise control on, trim on, cell phone out then shut the engine off and glide. Hmmm who do I call? I know Chris is home working on his machine being temporarily grounded. Would it be too mean to call him and let him know that I am flying....? Anyway, I dial Chris.... "Hey Andre" I hear. "Chris you are not going to believe where I am calling you from. I am calling from 2000 ft." I say. "Listen to this...I start the machine and rev it then hang up. It worked quite well although even with the motor off there is fair amount of notice from the air whistling. Chris later told me he could, hear me no problem and when I got home there was this email waiting for me: Andre, Just got your call from the air. I was restringing my cage, thank you very much for rubbing it in. I am now off to see Frank and hope to be flying later this week. Let me know when you are at the field and I will come up for the wing when they arrive. Chris
It was bit hazy - visibility about 10 miles only.
These are the yellow labs that always come up to the field. 1 man, 1 car, 9 dogs... I have spent about 1 hour in the air and then landed to take a rest and wait for Orest to come up..... Great quick flight - desire to fly satisfied! More stories here
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