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Misceleanous => Misceleanous => Topic started by: JohnPearson on July 17, 2013, 20:21:05 PM

Title: Roisin takes her first flying lesson in a glider!
Post by: JohnPearson on July 17, 2013, 20:21:05 PM

Hi all

Last weekend, my good lady Roisin, took her first flying lesson and she loved it! Roisin has started to travel with me to most of the RC glider events here in Ireland and most recently, a trip to France, so she decided that she would go one step better, and try out the real thing by taking a flying lesson in a DG 505, with the Ulster gliding club. Her 30min, flight was very smooth, and she even picked up a few good pockets of lift, coming off the nearby hills and cliffs along downhill beach. Here are a few photos taken on the day.

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Ready for take off.

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Canopy locked and hooked onto the tug.

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Not a good photo, of the take off, I only had the small camera with me.

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30mins later, a smooth landing right down the grass strip.

Thanks to the Ulster glider club for a great day and a very happy lady.

JohnP

Title: Roisin takes her first flying lesson in a glider!
Post by: andrew wallace on July 17, 2013, 21:53:41 PM

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Title: Roisin takes her first flying lesson in a glider!
Post by: Happy Days on July 18, 2013, 08:47:32 AM

Well done to Roisin! And she did it with bear arms as well!! (I’d have thought it’d have been too chilly for her up at 2000 feet.)
Of course, she had to go one better than us lads and take to the skies with a full size glider didn‘t she. (Typical female)

I have to say she is one gorgeous looking bird :D . ( :shock: The GD 505 I mean. ) Er,…Not that Roisin isn’t lovely as well of course, :oops: …….. (I think I’m digging myself into a hole here Lads! :roll: )

So, now that she has 30 minutes entered into her Pilots Log when is she going to add some more flight time?

(I bet JP never hears the end of it. She’ll be telling him how she did a 360 degree roll followed by a Split S and a Cuban 8 before bring the glider into land straight down the runway centre line.)

The Genie is out of the bottle now JP! :lol:

Congrats Roisin :clap:

K.

Title: Roisin takes her first flying lesson in a glider!
Post by: Fred on July 20, 2013, 18:07:24 PM

A bit late to join the party, but Brilliant!!  :clap:
Nice one Roisin!  :clap:  And for once, time for John to watch!  :lol:  :P

That remind me that I never finished the thread about Rathlin!  :oops:  Lots of photos still to post  :D