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didja	#1 28/02/2008 - 18h57 Top
Class : Webmaster (admin) Posts : 1043 Registered on : 09/07/2007 Off line Www	Hello !!! Some pictures I took yesterday as I was gliding above the Clape (the hill). It's in Southern France, where I live. I hope you're going to like the photos ! The one without nothing would be possible... Let's go... ...the Mediterranean sea ! Bages pool Le canal de la Robine L'étang de Leucate (the wing shows it ) Gruissan, its castel and its beaches The steep rock of the Clape Vinassan (left), Armissan (right) and the edge of theClape, where there are still some thermals at day's end Narbonne and its cathedral chuch See you soon... Rémy
tristan68	#2 29/02/2008 - 11h10 Top
Class : Electronicien en chef Posts : 651 Registered on : 10/07/2007 Off line	WOW
hotshot232	#3 29/02/2008 - 16h34 Top
Class : Habitué Posts : 56 Registered on : 25/02/2008 Off line	Nice pics Didja You also a pilot?
didja	#4 01/03/2008 - 00h01 Top
Class : Webmaster (admin) Posts : 1043 Registered on : 09/07/2007 Off line Www	Thank you ! Yes, I'm a glider pilot ! I've been really lucky and got some scholarship then I could get my license !!! I really love my place then I'm glad to share those pics. Rémy
BlindVision	#5 01/03/2008 - 13h00 Top
Class : Apprenti Posts : 49 Registered on : 13/02/2008 Off line Www	Rémy , that looks like an amazing Place/area to Soar. Just seeing the pictures sent a shiver down my spine, Man i miss it Freedom. --You Aerotow, i never tried that (we used the Winch methode, gaining 330 meters at best). Does'nt the SEABREASE (wind from the sea, A NOON -suntime) kill your thermals. Is it possible to Ridge soar at the "rocks" as you refers to them. C R I S ! F.F.V.V -What does that label/sticker mean ?. FLY SAFE - and wear the White hat, Rémy - i envy you a little those were the days excess speed and hight, is your friend -and being a PhotoShop nerd makes it safe (original picture is under normal landing). Edited by BlindVision on 01/03/2008 at 13h31. support FREETRACK developers, the do it FREE for you -HELP them/yourself help others. -another fun DIY thing to do, works with Free-Track too, HAVE A LOOK
didja	#6 01/03/2008 - 14h06 Top
Class : Webmaster (admin) Posts : 1043 Registered on : 09/07/2007 Off line Www	Hi BlindVision ! CRIS is the checklist we have to do before taking off. It means : Commandes Reglages Instrument Sécurité. And FFVV is Federation Francaise de Vol à Voile. During summer, a seabrease comes from the pool and if the wind is from the sea, it's a bad day... I aerotow and it's really funny but I guess aerowinch is pretty funnier !!! Unfortunately, we can't ridge soar the rocks which are to irregular but sometimes we can have some wave flights with a specific wind... and that's great ! Thank you for your nice pic ! Rémy :D
BlindVision	#7 05/03/2008 - 22h46 Top
Class : Apprenti Posts : 49 Registered on : 13/02/2008 Off line Www	"Commandes Reglages Instrument Sécurité" say what, i dont read french If i try hard to translate it i get "Rules for Instrument Safety" "Federation Francaise de Vol à Voile" id that "French flying Federation" Where i flew from we did not have a problem with seabrease, as i flew from the middle of denmark, and the seabrease come from both sides -as of the thermals generated were we flew. So usealy we could fly after sun down, thats not legal, and could get dangerous as i would get hard to see "depth" when landing. But it is pretty to see the sun go down from a glider Aerowinch, is not fun its a way of getting 330meters in less that 30 seconds, INTENSE is a better word for it. Alot can go wrong, we are of coarse taught what to do, when things go wrong. -IT FEELS like when you are going up on the first step-climb of a roller coster, just much faster, and higher. You should try it if get the possibility (in a 2 seater). Ridge and Wave is not possible here, as of the total lack of mountains/clifs that generates it. -but i would like to try to soar the wave. Is there a tradtion for getting flowers/crops from the nearby area, when you have done you first solo flight, in france too?. Come on, summer time -let the good weather start for Rémy and all other Glider pilots. support FREETRACK developers, the do it FREE for you -HELP them/yourself help others. -another fun DIY thing to do, works with Free-Track too, HAVE A LOOK
didja	#8 06/03/2008 - 17h40 Top
Class : Webmaster (admin) Posts : 1043 Registered on : 09/07/2007 Off line Www	"Commandes Reglages Instrument Sécurité" say what, i dont read french If i try hard to translate it i get "Rules for Instrument Safety" It doesn't mean anything, I mean, it's not a sentence. That is "Commands" then "Set up everything" then "Instruments (check them all)" then "Safety (wind, runway in use, ...)" But it is pretty to see the sun go down from a glider I would like to have the luck to see one in my life... and that's why I want to be an airliner pilot ! Aerowinch, is not fun its a way of getting 330meters in less that 30 seconds, INTENSE is a better word for it. Alot can go wrong, we are of coarse taught what to do, when things go wrong. -IT FEELS like when you are going up on the first step-climb of a roller coster, just much faster, and higher. You should try it if get the possibility (in a 2 seater). There is a field where they take off with an aerowinch... Two of my classemates fly there... Maybe I will have a flight... it would be GREAT ! Is there a tradtion for getting flowers/crops from the nearby area, when you have done you first solo flight, in france too?. Usually, you just get a water bucket... Hopefullt, most solos are during the summer ! Come on, summer time -let the good weather start for Rémy and all other Glider pilots. I hope the sun heard you ! :) Rémy