Jason Smith Cross Country.
No sooner had I put the 86 Km's flight that Jason had completed and he sent me another this just 70 Km's, he been flying the day before and called it a day, this time landing by the station, had a cup of tea and was home in time for a cold beer in his local.
Jason Smith |
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Spent the weekend flying with some friends. Wiltshire and the Cotswold. Couple of little XC's, both ending near oxford but from different sites; milk hill on the Saturday, Malvern on the Sunday. Saturday the lift was patchy. "Brize Norton airspace to my left" |
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Took a lot of work to string the climbs together. Sunday was stronger and a little rougher, lift under every cloud it seemed. But I was tired from the day before, my concentration wasn't’t at its peak and I called it a day after about 70km, after spotting a train station in the town before me. "Edging round Abingdon airspace" |
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The old city of Oxford ahead. |
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3,000 ft up here in this image |
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The clouds show me the way |
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Easy lift here |
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Cloud base and heaven, so cannot go any higher here, VMC rules for gliders |
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It might look like I am just sitting in the arm chair in the sky. But my mind is working over time. |
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Reading the clouds are an important part of flying. |
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I will follow that road, on my air map there is a railway station. Good place to land. |
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Time for another top landing "Rob" |
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And then off again for another flight. |
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