Extended sled-ride at the Long Mynd

Peter Montgomery
Peter Montgomery
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Published 2024-06-09
My first flight at this site. The wind had died and even the PG's were sitting on the ridge. I thought I was just me making excuses and I had gotten inside my own head so I pushed through and launched. Total flight time was just under 10mins.

I normally flare single surface gliders too late so I put extra effort to flare early this time and overshot and flared too early which combined with the deceptively long grass saw me flare a touch high. But I did the right thing and held it resulting in a firm but safe no-stepper.

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Site: Long Mynd (UK)
Glider: Icaro2000 Piuma M (clip-in was 85kg)
Harness: Wills Wing Flylite3
Helmet: Icaro2000 Nerv
Variometer: Stodeus UltraBip
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