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Gliders => Slope Soaring => Topic started by: selleri on April 05, 2014, 22:19:53 PM

Title: Sloping at Stefánshöfði in Kleifarvatn
Post by: selleri on April 05, 2014, 22:19:53 PM
If that heading doesn't mess with your eyes then nothing will!

As you might make out from the title of the thread I finally got some air under my wing (http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3493) today!   :D
It handles well and I'm quite pleased with it!


My partners in crime.
(http://frettavefur.net/Forum/uploadpic/2013/1396727176_0.jpg)

Heavy traffic!  ;)
(http://frettavefur.net/Forum/uploadpic/2013/1396727176_1.jpg)

The original wing (http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewitem.asp?idproduct=34072&aff=104285) my mate Bjarni has, mine was tucked away on the top shelf after it finally arrived.
(http://frettavefur.net/Forum/uploadpic/2013/1396727176_2.jpg)

(http://frettavefur.net/Forum/uploadpic/2013/1396727176_3.jpg)

(http://frettavefur.net/Forum/uploadpic/2013/1396727176_6.jpg)

Mini Graphite.
(http://frettavefur.net/Forum/uploadpic/2013/1396727176_4.jpg)

(http://frettavefur.net/Forum/uploadpic/2013/1396727176_5.jpg)

Ohh, picture of me!
(http://frettavefur.net/Forum/uploadpic/2013/1396727832_0.jpg)

My wing.
(http://frettavefur.net/Forum/uploadpic/2013/1396727832_5.jpg)

Hard trying to keep up with the Mini Graphite!
(http://frettavefur.net/Forum/uploadpic/2013/1396727832_4.jpg)
Title: Sloping at Stefánshöfði in Kleifarvatn
Post by: stephen.shannon on April 06, 2014, 00:34:41 AM
Smashing Selleri, great photos.
Title: Sloping at Stefánshöfði in Kleifarvatn
Post by: Happy Days on April 06, 2014, 02:01:24 AM
Love Bjarni’s colour scheme. :D  Stands out nicely. At a quick glance, by the uninitiated, it looks like part of your national flag. (Well, almost!) I understand the flag can only be flown on certain days in Iceland, may be that’s why his wing is a little different. (So it can be flown anytime) I’m digging myself into a hole here aren't I, :roll: ,…..think I’ll shut up!

Are you sure you couldn’t sneak your wing into your luggage when you come to Ireland Selleri? Quite a few of us have Zagi’s and alike. An extra model in the air makes for more combat target practice. :twisted:
Mind you, we haven’t got as many steep  glaciated valleys as you. Ours are a bit older and more weathered.

Anyway, nice picies. I get the feeling one of you guys knows a something about ‘f’ numbers and lens speeds.

Thanks for sharing. :clap:

Little Keith
Title: Sloping at Stefánshöfði in Kleifarvatn
Post by: selleri on April 06, 2014, 02:34:24 AM
lol Keith, weeeelll you are close-ish...  If you remember the X-it wing from Irvine, that one was in our flag colours!  :D  
Done by Steven Atherton who was working for Irvine at the time and had lived here in Iceland for a few years.
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/selleri/xit.jpg)

I'm afraid I don't own a large enough suitcase and with the extrage baggage fees it would probably be cheaper to mail order a kit.   :wink:

Cheers, guess I'll have to pretend to know something about cameras with the amount of pictures I take. Mostly of models though... no not that kind!   :roll:

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/selleri/nordurljos.jpg)

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/v/QQIIDQRzcf4[/youtube]
Title: Sloping at Stefánshöfði in Kleifarvatn
Post by: Happy Days on April 06, 2014, 03:33:57 AM
Oh WoW Selleri! Fantastic picture of the ‘Northern Lights’  8) You caught red and green lights and even a shooting star as well, you cleaver little fellow you! :clap:  :clap:

My misses is always telling me she wants to see the Northern Lights. We almost went to Tromso in Norway this winter to get a glimpse of them, but other ‘domestic’ matters stopped us. :(  Never mind, may be one day………….
Title: Sloping at Stefánshöfði in Kleifarvatn
Post by: selleri on April 06, 2014, 09:42:57 AM
Cheers!

Always nice to watch and I'm sure they're worth the experience, if they show up that is!

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/v/el-b_Ydvtc4[/youtube]
Title: Sloping at Stefánshöfði in Kleifarvatn
Post by: Fred on April 07, 2014, 13:05:33 PM
Very nice photos, many thanks again for sharing with us  :clap:

Iceland is a small island, with limited resources, so you use everything at your disposal, no waste!
On your keyboard, you use the entire alphabet, and the special characters! All of them!!  :lol:

So, if I fall asleep on my keyboard, chances are that mean something in Icelandic  :lol:
Title: Sloping at Stefánshöfði in Kleifarvatn
Post by: selleri on April 07, 2014, 21:27:15 PM
And probably not something civilized either!   :lol: