Mike was the first one to find real lift on the day
Bob Moller's Bird of Time
No idea who this bloke is. Flying early on was.. frustrating at times...
Some ruffians on a nearby hill taunted us....
... and ran up and down the slope with their cross-shaped taunting sticks...
... but we didn't notice because we were too busy looking up at the sky
Pete's Graupner Cirrus
I'm sure it'll be nostalgic one day. Kevin Wright's Toplite
Saluting the Lift God
Nick Rolls takes a rare break from craning his neck upwards
Mike Fowler's Graupner Moskito spent a good part of the day too high for me to photograph it
Pete Beadle's Cirrus
Jim "Whirling Dervish" Chambers demonstrates the discus launch with his Longshot
Jim's Longshot in the air
Where does this bit go again?
The speck descends for a rare phto opportunity
This guy turned up, nobody knew who he was, but he wanted his photo taken so I obliged
Kevin Wright's Alula. Which way up is it?
... then decides to give a slow-motion demo...
...had the uploading software not...
Rogues' Gallery no. 1
Again the software has uploaded these in the wrong order. But I'd finally worked out how my camera worked, so Jim is no longer a blur..
... as he demonstrates...
...that there's more than one way...
... to launch a glider.
Rogue's Gallery 2
Rogue's Gallery 4