now that's what a windsock is suppose to look like 

Now where is the thermal? 

Pictures taken by Colin Brown 

 

thermal trigger? 

The RC guys using our landing zone..... Grrr. 

hang/para waiting. Reggie, Roberta, Matthias and Les 

A textbook landing by Reggie 

Tom and ... 

Saichia Launch...my second home

 

 

Landing with a drogue chute

Just tossed the drogue. Glider: Atlas Single surface

Flare!

Who's your daddy?

Ghrchi was the first to launch today. 12h30...not a cloud in the sky and very hot, turbulent and strong wind. He had a assymetric collapse shortly (2 min) after take and had to deploy his reserve. He landed behind launch, without a scratch. I launched my hang glider shortly afterwards and was rewarded with a 2.5 hour flight. Rory borrowed my gloves and I flew the first hour with sweaty palms. Conditions very rough. Lionel launched next with Rory and San San next. They all had long flights too. Rory said afterwards:" today was not fun flying a paragliding"  

and Lionel's wife, Jia-Jia. They live in Taipei and came down south (camping) for a few days. Come again, please Lionel ;-)  

about to do a tandem. Nice backdrop. 

Almost done rigging the Atlas...am i going bold?  

Rosaline is using the car. Paraglider on my back and hang glider harness in front. I will fly my older glider (Atlas) today. 

Colin Brown doing a tandem. He (passanger) weighs 100 and Sunny (pilot) weighs I think 50kg. He liked it and is thinking about pursuing the sport of paragliding

Relaxing after a nice flight with good company and beer. Today I flew 25 min with the hang glider and 45 min with the paraglider. I managed to top land as well. All in all another great day. Colin, Rory, Tom, Efang and Sanford.

50m above Saichia launch 

the gearbox

The inside of my wing