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Nov 6^th, 2007 at 12:16pm

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A few pics from me gliding this Sunday. (Sorry for the mobile phone quality.... they were taken on mobiles) Tongue

A bit of air to air action!

The sun as it sets though the cloud as we fly over the lakes...

Ready to be launched into the orange...

Winching up at sunset

Jon took this of me.... on my own doing my solo... one of the last flights before sunset. And the first time where i've been allowed to leave the circuit and do what I want on my own.... boy it was fun... and so beautiful aswell...

Cheers for looking...

Luke.

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Reply #1 - Nov 6^th, 2007 at 12:18pm

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Beautiful. Wink

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Reply #2 - Nov 6^th, 2007 at 1:59pm

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Hopefully soon I'll get to go gliding with the ATC.

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Reply #3 - Nov 6^th, 2007 at 2:11pm

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Anark wrote on Nov 6^th, 2007 at 1:59pm:

Hopefully soon I'll get to go gliding with the ATC.

Shame you don't live in the Midlands... you could come and visit me at 643 VGS Tongue

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Reply #4 - Nov 6^th, 2007 at 6:08pm

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no.5 looks like pure serenity!

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Reply #5 - Nov 6^th, 2007 at 6:14pm

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that had to be so relaxing

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Reply #6 - Nov 6^th, 2007 at 8:58pm

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Wow that must be a lot of fun. Not bad at all for a cell phone cam.

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Reply #7 - Nov 6^th, 2007 at 9:07pm

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Next year...my best friend gets his glider liscense...can't wait.

These look sureal.

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Reply #8 - Nov 7^th, 2007 at 7:11am

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Very nice... and congrats, BTW! Grin

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Reply #9 - Nov 7^th, 2007 at 9:33am

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Nice shots. One question though, I thought that gliding at sunset was a no no. Seems to remember that you have to be down 1/2 hour before sunset (learnt the hard way many many years ago that at 8000 feet and a setting sun equates to a dark landing whilst leaving a trail of well pressed 10 pence pieces down the approach Shocked

............And a one way conversation without a coffee or beer with my CFI Embarrassed

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Reply #10 - Nov 7^th, 2007 at 12:28pm

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expat wrote on Nov 7^th, 2007 at 9:33am:

Nice shots. One question though, I thought that gliding at sunset was a no no. Seems to remember that you have to be down 1/2 hour before sunset (learnt the hard way many many years ago that at 8000 feet and a setting sun equates to a dark landing whilst leaving a trail of well pressed 10 pence pieces down the approach Shocked

............And a one way conversation without a coffee or beer with my CFI Embarrassed

Matt

Any C Category pilot (I'm currently going for my G2 rating) can fly up to 15 minutes after sunset (Depending on how light it actually is). When I did my solo I landed 5 seconds before 16:29Z which was the time issued by the Met for sunset, so I was just within my limits! Tongue

But on that Sunday it was still quite light (until around 16:45), and yes my instructor did tell me the tale of pilots flying past sunset without realising, and when they begin to decend to land suddenly realise its actually nearly pitch black on the ground... Tongue

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