3xasw27+35meg+2.4ghzx10mph=:-)

A little dabble with the air from last summer, unfortunately they've got a while to go before they reach

synchronised public flying display standards....thanks to Eric for capturing it for posterity.

from out of the gloom

Only two and a half months to go until the longest day!

As we crawl out of the gloom it's good to see a familiar band

of wastrels (some local some form further afield) up on the hill.

Let the season commence! 

Paul's flap equipped Fusion....footage to follow at some point.

Conditions were also just right for his other maiden;

we ogled at her black carbon sexiness

Sharon

Tracy

an interesting old skool ASW19

and what appears to be a hatch is in-fact a flap / spoiler / brake thing a ma jig

Gulp?

we were in danger of actually getting a flying shot here!

a lovely Purbeck Assassin

Valenta ASW 20

and we round up TVSF's varied and rich spread

of gravity defying machines with a

rather splendid Sean Bannister Algebra 7(?)

shifting your old tat

'Bring and Buy' stall at the Soaring Society of America's annual convention;

now wish I hadn't left my wallet back at the hotel room.

vintage voltage

It's all gone retro at the Goodwind hangar this weekend

with some steady, gentle old-skool electrons trickling into the packs.

slingsby on the south downs

A smooth segue from the image in the last post....

catching bugs

It would seem that the blog acquired a dose of suspect coding some time ago leading

to frustrating and (possibly) malicious pop ups. Having given the whole thing a bit

of a spring clean, we're hoping that the pesky bug has been eliminated.

However please post in the comments if symptoms persist.

In the meantime, bow you heads and pray that we'll

get down to some flying in the not too distant future.

Love, best wishes and slopiness x x x

droning on again....

Whilst waiting for the wind, feel free to enjoy a slightly more balanced

piece of media coverage in the first ten minutes of this programme

Spotted on the A20

Left for dust on the A20 today by a pilot on a mission to Challock.

Combine this with the that fact that by noon the sky was bubbling with cumulus 

and we have unquestionable evidence that the 2016 season

is now poised for commencement!

Spotting a solitary flying figure from the M20 in nil wind conditions,

a quick divert is in order to undertake a closer inspection....

what is this aerodynamic device of delight?

it's newbie Sebastian with his Elf

winding up for a discus launch

with one tiny glider and one very wide angle lens

it's a miracle we get more than a flying dot in any

of the airborne shots

we finally get a 2 mph easterly draft, but it's still down hill all the way

exit stage right

abstinence