rain and red arrows

The misery and the joy of a British summer's afternoon on the slope

splendid Saturday

We arrived to find Gary had camped out over night...or so we thought

turns out it was a couple of 'free love' exponents,

problem was- they were both blokes

Mark's new tranny, complete with 'broken knob' mode

which engages automatically after 1.25 hrs use

tossing off

good turnout

off to meet its new owner

beware, wing lurks in the grass....bite is fatal

meanwhile Ray tosses himself off

meanwhile Mark tosses off anyone he can

hmmm a new sighting device spotted on the slope.....

'There are two Banthas down there but I don't see any....wait

a second, they're Sand People alright. I can see one of them now'

David snatches back his camera fearing Pete has caught

a glimpse of his homegrown cosplay porno. 

 

meanwhile Bob lands short....

the impact of a forced landing throws

his 1/4 scale 'Duke' dolly from the cockpit

meanwhile Charlie's Schwing creams past with bits

missing from the wings

no more lame 'tossing off' gags

you'll be pleased to learn

Dave's PSS beastie at low level with full size smoke trailed aeros behind

all in glorious 640 x 480 (just)

highway code refresher

and you think you've had a bad day on the slope!!

a classic Thurnham evening

A classic summer evening up on the mighty Thurnham.

All scepticism over wind direction is laid to rest when

(at about 5pm) and we are blessed with a decent sou'wester...

scalies at the ready....good 'clocking on / clocking off' air

space time share between us and the paragliders made

for a stress free evening

It's a 90s nostalgia fest.
Pre-launch, Eric inserts something into his bottom.

We're still trying ascertain exactly what is was,
and why he was putting it there.

even the Goodwind camera lens crap was able to make it for the evening

Ray spots a well used handkerchief and immediately sets off

on a full blown homophobic diatribe.

 combine harvester and ASH26

The farmer was good enough to kick off several monster thermals festooned with
so many gulls, it made life difficult keeping an eye on one's model.

ahhhhh! Life is good!!

spotted in Germany III

what is it you want me to launch?!!!!!

spotted in Germany II

The last of Europe's blue foam supplies stockpiled in Bremen

 

spotted in Germany

cardboard scalies aus der fatherland.....

Granau Baby....expect dramatic loss of performance
(and structural integrity) in damp conditions

 

SG38 cruises down the street and then on through the arched window
(same heads up as per the GB re; moisture) 

meanwhile in Germany....

was ist das?

 

varifocal ad hits its target audience (sad, middle aged tossers)

Purbeck!

Off on a jolly down near the sea, light and crossed winds but still plenty

of entertainment to be had....

Many thanks to Terry and Rick for all the hard work organising the event.