Canada's Newest Tandem Pilot!
Call it laziness, or whatever you wish, but for some reason I just haven't been motivated to update my blog. Normally when I have a good flight or an opinion about paragliding, I run to the nearest computer and write my thoughts down, but for the last couple weeks it's been a bit different. Over the next couple weeks however, I vow to be more consistent with posts, and hopefully pictures too!
My latest news? I'm a rated tandem pilot! Whoo hoo! Yes! Hooray! Cheers to me! Ahhh, what a nice feeling. No more bugging pilots to be my passengers - I can take anyone I wish tandem which certainly opens up a lot of doors. I've taken a few non-pilots as passengers now and things have been going very well. Landings have been soft, even in little wind, although admittedly, lately my passengers have been very light. But progress is there and it is still sweet!
Solo-flying wise, I've done a lot of ridge soaring lately. My best xc flight out here was under 10k's where I bailed because I felt I was in rotar sink. No big deal, but I just got the hell out of that spot FAST, and of course, sank out. But hey, I got away from launch, and that's fun in itself.
Other than that, I've tried a couple of SAT's and keep of messing them up for some reason which has been pissing me off. I testflew an XS Addict 2 the other day and although I flew it in what were (unfortunately) only ridge soaring conditions, I quite liked it. I would like to testfly it again in spanky conditions (i.e. turbulent air) to see what its characteristics are, but I'm definitely interested in getting one...affording one is a different story, but whatever, you live once and I consider paragliding kind of like my education tuition; you make sacrifices for a few years, but eventually things will pay off. Anyway, my Rush has been good to me, but I think it's time to kick things up a notch and fly something a bit spicier.
The weather out here is beautiful but it was windy today, and tomorrow could be much the same. I would like to do as many tandems as I can and push myself solo too before I'm out of here in the next couple of weeks. No plans yet on going overseas, but I'm certainly keeping my eyes open for tandem/instructor jobs in warm countries...
My latest news? I'm a rated tandem pilot! Whoo hoo! Yes! Hooray! Cheers to me! Ahhh, what a nice feeling. No more bugging pilots to be my passengers - I can take anyone I wish tandem which certainly opens up a lot of doors. I've taken a few non-pilots as passengers now and things have been going very well. Landings have been soft, even in little wind, although admittedly, lately my passengers have been very light. But progress is there and it is still sweet!
Solo-flying wise, I've done a lot of ridge soaring lately. My best xc flight out here was under 10k's where I bailed because I felt I was in rotar sink. No big deal, but I just got the hell out of that spot FAST, and of course, sank out. But hey, I got away from launch, and that's fun in itself.
Other than that, I've tried a couple of SAT's and keep of messing them up for some reason which has been pissing me off. I testflew an XS Addict 2 the other day and although I flew it in what were (unfortunately) only ridge soaring conditions, I quite liked it. I would like to testfly it again in spanky conditions (i.e. turbulent air) to see what its characteristics are, but I'm definitely interested in getting one...affording one is a different story, but whatever, you live once and I consider paragliding kind of like my education tuition; you make sacrifices for a few years, but eventually things will pay off. Anyway, my Rush has been good to me, but I think it's time to kick things up a notch and fly something a bit spicier.
The weather out here is beautiful but it was windy today, and tomorrow could be much the same. I would like to do as many tandems as I can and push myself solo too before I'm out of here in the next couple of weeks. No plans yet on going overseas, but I'm certainly keeping my eyes open for tandem/instructor jobs in warm countries...
posted by Veronica at 11:00 PM
4 Comments:
HooooYaaaaa! Sky-high deuce Miss Pink Hotness on the loose!
...congratulations on the big milestone :)
Congrats on the tandem rating! I just started and did my first tandem as pilot flights this morning... nerve racking but good... Can't wait to get the rating and start flying friends. The winter just needs to hold off a bit longer, eh? ;-)
Thank you! :) And congrats to you too Loren! I bet your first passenger was scared, hee hee!
Man that red glider is waaayyy higher than you! He must be a super-awesome-cool pilot! :P
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