Some gliding piccies from today

[Mags]

Wasn't sure where to put these. Quite a nice day today but Portmoak was suffereing from square thermals again so didn't get very high.
I'll put them overby FAO Sam incase he doesn't catch them here.






The airfield


The old crate!

[Xplumberlives]

Nice picks Mags, lovely scenery, can you enlarge them to 670 pixels wide next time PLEASE?

[Saracenman]

any thermals today at all then Mags, or just convection and gravitational control?

we can tell you're in Scotland - the snaps look very small from down here! Danforth won't have a chance

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[Dan4th]

Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!

I don't care, just so long as you post them, Magsie!!!!!!

D.

[Mags]

Bugger - thought they were a bit small. I'll try again

Hhmmmm - gotta generate yer own thermals at this time of year i.e beans for breakfast

[Dan4th]

Here are some THERMALS for 'ya!



Nice WARM ones, too!

Danf.

[Mags]

is this better?

[Mayfly]

thats better Mags thanks

[Jigsaw]

Lovely

[Saracenman]

spot on - thanks Mags!

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[Mackrick]

Thanks Mags

[Spitfire]

Nice - seeing the other gliders below is a good scale touch
Brings back lots of memories of the Long Mynd

[Mags]

Never flown at the long Mynd Spitfire although I gather it's a great site.

Here's few from this afternoon........classic day at Portmoak..........as usual, a struggle to get into wave but worth the effort and ploughing through all the turbulence

Loch Leven from west


the other direction


into sun


Ooooh look 12000 feet!


from 12000


trying to get down


It would have been well possible to do a decent cross country today and I'm sure a few will have got their diamond height claims..........I must get the oxygen serviced!!!
AND my onboard ladies loo broke as well ..........so no long flight for me.

[Jigsaw]

Absolutely bloody brilliant

One of these days I'm coming up there so I can come with you lol.

Jiggy loves Mags x

[Mackrick]

Love the photos Mags.....thats one type of flying I have never done...

[Saracenman]

.....thats one type of flying I have never done...

just which Brize Squadron IS that Mackrick?

[Spitfire]

Never flown at the long Mynd Spitfire although I gather it's a great site.

Brilliant - did an air experience there in a Blanik - the guy who I went up with was going to take some aerial photos - we came off the winch and he couldn't get a thermal so we came straight down - he told me to stay put and we went up again - hit some ridge lift straight off the winch - got some height - found a thermal and went up to about 5000ft - and then used the cloud base to stay up.

We were up almost an hour - I flew whilst he took the pictures he wanted - and then he asked if I had a strong stomach as we came down and we did some loops and wing overs - then - the best bit ..... for those that don't know the Long Mynd its a long thin almost flat topped mountain with a gliding station on the top of the ridge at one end. He came down REALLY fast and we skimmed over the heather the whole length of the mountain at about 30 or 40 feet - popped up over the gliding station perimeter hedge and just whopped out the airbrakes and landed

Air experience indeed

Long Mynd


Gliding Station


The same day they were doing bungee launches off the ridge edge - that was a sight to see - looked really exciting.

[Dan4th]

"Whopped"?

Danf.

[Saracenman]

must be an aviator's term Danf

a bit like "Should this gauge read zero?" and "Holy Crap"

[Xplumberlives]

"Whopped"?
Danf.

I thought it was hitting foreigners

[Spitfire]

'whopped', sir? It is a common word down our way.

Damn!

Oh, I'm sorry, sir. I'm anus-peptic, phrasmotic, even compunctious to have caused you such pericombobulation.

[Saracenman]

aw, don't take him too seriously Spitters - just offer him appropriate contrafibularities and move on

[Mags]

Nice piccies SF.
Didn't know the Mynd was a hill top site. Good you enjoyed your flight and got some aerobatics as well