Friday, October 31, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Well today we saw beautiful lenticularis clouds on the lee side of our mountains. Beautiful clouds in the shape of an almond.
And these clouds also appear in the fresco's of Pierra del Francesca in Arezzo Italy. That painter used to live at the foot of the mountains and so was probably inspired by the wonderful shapes of these clouds.
All 15th century. On practically all his fresco's he painted these clouds. And not like everybody else the fluffy cumulus clouds.
Ok, ok, I leave it. I am just surrounded by three pilots who are teachers and it rubs off I guess.
Take care.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Friday, October 24, 2008
It is very simple. GO where olive trees grow. Because olive trees need a lot of sun and good weather. Lots of sun and good weather you find in the south of Europe. Southern countries such as Spain. Where there is good weather, Alicante so.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Been trying out the brandnew Advance Sigma7. Of course again you feel the solidness of Advance, the quality of Advance as soon as you take it in the air. Just wanted to put these fotos on my blog. Lots of words have been published already on different forums about this glider, so better check yourself. I talked to the pilots who picked up their Advance Sigma7 down here in Alicante, and they are all over the moon.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
We were flying near Villena today, Peña Rubia.
Down below Jim pointing us out where he didn't want to be. Towering cumulus by 2 pm, ready to go back to the coast.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Evita under her Skyjoy ? something like that, a very special brand, never heard of it, but it seems to fly nice
Kike and Raul, local flying bums at Cabo
Liam trying out the Gin Zulu, lets hope he goes for that wing, it would give him so much more pleasure than his old beaten up Wave. Go for it Liam !
Group flying at Cabo, after we go back from flying at Palomaret. Where we left because of the towering cumulus just behind take off. Still had great thermals in early day.
Nice heights at Cabo, definetely one of the better days at the cliffs. Look at the sky, nerveus inland no ?
In the back Piti making out. In the front, Alex, thanks for all your help, you'r a star.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Friday, October 17, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Flights with a view for the newcombers from Newcastle. And although the weather forecast again was bad, we had blue sky and big thermals all afternoon. Later in the day, lots of clouds, but still to be flewn till 6 pm.
The weather forecasts have been very wrong lately. All predictions were against us again today. We were supposed to have strong eastern winds, but none of that. As soon as I woke up, I could tell, by the look of the inversion layers, that breezes were gonna take over. And with the northern winds up high, cloudbase was gonna be enjoyable. So it was.
The foto's are not todays, my new camera Pentax E50 is crap. Blurry, or white, or nothing. Can't get it right. Anyway I hope all enjoyed the views, some of them even flew all the way to Maigmo, El cid and back.
Best performance for the low airtimers today, who managed to have their first real thermal flights in. Also for Dudo, but that's no surprise, he did the classic, Maigmo-Los Ventos-El Cid and toplanded. Two hour flight a day, and he's off home.
(roadtrip pyrenees june july 2009 = fully booked, sorry)
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Sorry guys. Little time to write in my blog. Early start, late home. We have been flying all day, from early till late. Knackered and have to get ready for another day.
Today was superb, at one point the challenge was more to find some sink, rather than lift. Estupendo. And we had the honour to have Claudio, the founder of Niviuk, amongst us.