Wednesday, 17th March 2010
Posted by Judith on 17 Mar 2010 at 10:52 pm | Tagged as: Flying
We woke up today to find it windy! We were a little disappointed, but at least this would give us time to check out the accommodation for the women’s comp. By the time we had breakfast and checked email etc. it had settled and the conditions seemed ok, if a little east.
I wanted to fly the Vega II again in more bumpy conditions so we got to the top for 12 noon. Since I was stealing Mark’s glider he was left to drive and kindly sacrificed his flying for my benefit. Geoff was wind dummy so I could make sure I would get more than a top to bottom. I needen’t have worried – it was very thermic. With it being east it was again advisable to head out to the lower ridge and I did so. It was bumpy in places, but the wing behaved impeccably, even flying close to the monastery gully and along the rocks I couldn’t get it to tuck more than a tiny bit of tip. Forty-five minutes into the flight the glider was sold.
After lunch we looked at some lovely flats and then had another evening flight. It’s been a lovely two days – four flights, accommodation sorted, good company and more nice food to look forward to tonight. And it may be a double celebration in the bar… if the local Irish guys are there and if Barca win tonight.
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Interesting to read of your impressions of the Vega 2. I almost bought one, and Dave JH was stunned when I didn’t as it was better in glide and speed than his DHV2-3 nova Tycoon as we spent a lot of time flying together and comparing both wings to his. However I flew the Nova Factor and felt very much at home in really nasty rough conditions, so that sold it for me even though I knew it didn’t have the performance. I struggled on the Vega in thermals to keep it going round without falling in or out of the 360’s – my lack of skill with the wing rather than an issue with it. I did feel very comfortable on the Vega when scratching close and with multiple difficult slope landings at Devils Dyke – it was just perfect in this respect.
DaveT