And all of a sudden it was summer again, and it flew fantastic.

Foreceast northeast, funny with a norhtwest reasonable strong in the morning. What could we do, 80 km south or 80 km north. Lets flip a coin. Ok, we'll take north.

Where are we going Nick ?

Don't know yet.

What do you mean ?

Have to look along the way, find smoke, flags, see the sea.

Oh....

So we passed Benidorm, Calpe and left into the hills of the Jalon valley. Yes, up Col de Rates.

A bit of a drive guys, but if working it'll be worth it.

How long Nick ?

Not that long.

How many kilometers then ?

About 80.

Oh.....

Once at the landing field, nerveus looking pilots. Is this it ? Is this the landing field, are you sure ? Hey, it is bigger than it looks like ok.

Driving up the mountain, scary bends, steep rides.

Once at take off, fantastic, a steady 10 km wind northeast. Yihaaaah !!

Amin, Boart, Michael, Bernhard, Arvid and Paul and Stef in the air. Got to 1450 meter above sea level, is a 400 meter climb. Not bad.

First in the air at 1 pm, last one down at 4.30. Lande-beere.

I usually don't go a lot to Col de Rates, too far and cloudbase usually very low. But if it works it is a master site. And today it was.

Foto's today, Arvid Norwegian pilot flying his Nova Factor, a wing I truly love.