First Flights of 2011

Three of us went out today to get our gear out of storage and made sure it was all working. Our main sod field isn't close to being dry yet but the neighbouring alfalfa field is open to use when the crop is low. We got in seven flights between Ryan (3), me (Mark - 2) and Nick (2). Sorry Nick for not getting your flights on video, I thought I hit record on the last one. Nick had better landings than Ryan and I, I guess we taught him well and even operated the winch better!

The landings were softer than they looked, this was the first time we had the camera about 8' from the nose and it was quite shaky on launch and landings. Up in the air, I'm surprised how stable it was...I think I'll tie it off to the downtube next time to reduce the swaying.

We'll probably be starting our intro-sessions for our new GroupOn students in about three weeks (hopefully less) and our students from last year probably next weekend...as long as this snow stops! What's up with that!