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Old 28th Aug 2002, 12:48
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treadigraph
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I was walking on the clag-laden South Downs above Storrington on Bank Holiday Monday (freezing in Shorts and T-Shirt!). The strong wind out of the North East provided ideal slope-soaring conditions for the gliders from Parham, some of whom were doing so with gusto!

Some excellent close-up "on a level" views of them once or twice - wish I'd had a camera with me! And a K-13 several hundred feet above the hillside, nose into wind, looked to be as near as dammit hovering! If any of you guys are reading this, thanks for the entertainment!

Lovely stuff, I really must get back down there next summer and take it up again and this time stick at it!

Enjoy it BRL!
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