day 5: monday

Hmm

well, had a KFC at about 4pm yesterday. By 7 I was on the lav. Pretty much
had to remain there for the next 16 hours... bloody chicken. . its always
chicken. this was the full cold sweats and liquid.. well youve got the
picture.

so it was raining during the night and the plan was for me to do my static
jump today, but seeing as I couldnt be more than 10 feet from a bog until
noon that wasnt really a goer. .

so stayed in my room recovering.

By noon though it seemed to have passed, but the DZ was packing up for the
day as the wind was geting up, so it looked like a wasted day, but Barry
called at 2 to say the wind on the beach was perfect for motoring !

so out with the motor for another go.

During prechecks though I noticed the main engine mounting was missing. . .

oops.

obviously this had detached itself during the previous days incident... so
the only thing holding the engine on was a rubber mounting at the top.

pity I didnt notice this yesterday before I did 2 flight AFTER the crash
with this being the only thing holding it on !!!

anyhoo, got a bolt from a hardware store and fired that in with some washers
and we were back in business.

Up and ready for flight number 6. . and went great. took off cleanly and
landed on my feet for only the second time.

Next flight also good. and again landed right on my feet !

Final flight of the day was a longer one. Had some air traffic during this
one: a huey chopper above me, a small plane coming towards me on my left,
and another paramotor below me.

But no probs, all in control.

barry had me then do a partial clapse of the wing (big ears). this is where
you clapse the wing so only the central part is inflated. Its useful for
coming down quickly if you need to. That went well too.

Finally I touched down for my 3rd landing of the day. and all on my feet !

so. progress definately being made.

tomorrow its over to the airfield to try to get my static jump done, the the
plan is wed: paramotor, thu: sky dive for first time.

<fastshow>today I was mostly eating anything but fecking chicken </fastshow>