CHassan's blog :: Florida after the Demo Days.

Florida after the Demo Days.

Mon Apr 04, 2011 4:29 am

What a bust! Due to Family requirements I had to miss Demo Days and showed up in Florida the Sunday afterward.
The sun was shining and it was a beautiful day on Sunday, but the wind was a little high. Then it rained, then it rained, then it rained, then it rained, then the wind blew again, then I went home.

It stopped raining one day just long enough to get out and get a couple quick flights. I managed to catch one thermal and return to release altitude from about 1/2 way down.

First flights in around 6 months, so it was better than nothing, but a bit depressing to waste a week long flying vacation not flying!

My first approach I ended up coming in a little high and made my turns at the wrong time. Felt a little messy as I had to add another couple turns to get where I wanted to be. (near the end of the runway to re launch.) Ended up with a good landing, but had to fail myself for the approach.

Second approach was a long fast glide into ground effect followed by a nice skim and a very nice 0 wind flair to a stop just short of the tie-downs. I was gosh darn proud of that one!

The rest of the time was more a semi-family vacation with visits to the beach and Sea World. A good time, but not what it was supposed to be about.