April 14, 2013
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Sunday 14th April 2013
Sunday Evening: Today has been mostly clear and sunny, 23C with a moderate north easterly breeze interrupted by thermals. Late in the day a small front came up from Africa causing some cloud to form in the West.
The Bixler waits on the terrace for the wind to drop indicating the presence of a thermal. Shortly after the picture was taken it did just that. I launched and was instanly carried upwards, the model was going up so fast I began to get nervous, I had never been in a thrmal this strong before. The model grew smaller and smaller, then after a couple of minutes of flying circles I noticed it was getting larger again and as the model slowly decended the wind came back. After that I needed the motor to keep the model flying and to hunt for another thermal/ I have had a couple of flights this afternoon, the hasn’t dropped as expected later though.
Here is Benji relaxing in the courtyard.
