FREEFLIGHT

Simon Gorringe is post Club Pilot and is on advanced teaching which includes thermaling. Learning how to 360 left and right.

Learning areas like these at an early stage in your flying. Will put you on the right track for cross country.

Here Simon Gorringe is out front away from ridge lift and thermaling under radio instruction.

The climb rates were about 100 FT per minute to 200ft per minute at times.

Here Simon Gorringe is well into his first hour of the day. At the end of this slide show you will see his GPS route.

So what did Mr Gorringe achieve that day ? To feel at ease with the airflow. Understanding how the air works and reading the weather is the key to everthing you will ever need in flying to begin with.