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Back in the harness

Posted on December 14, 2012 in Phil Jennings   

Its been a slow and longer than I expected recovery from the time I had my accident, but after nearly 4 and a half months off i’m finally flexible enough to fly again.

So whilst visiting Ali Al Hammadi last month in Dubai the opportunity presented itself. We had a perfect morning out in the desert with light laminar winds allowing the easiest of launches. So after a few quick blasts around the nearby Bedouin camps I landed and helped Ali setup his tandem trike so he could take up my wife Caroline. Once airborne on her maiden flight I launched again and we had a great 30 minutes all flying together over the dunes.

So after a great week in the sun we returned home to the cold English winter where I had chance to grab some early frosty morning flights. Its been a while since I did any XC flights but with the low misty morning fog the views were epic.

The following weekend myself and the rest of the British team were invited to the N.E.C to be recognised by the B.M.A.A and receive our awards. I took along my Zenith and as usual it was getting lots of attention, not least when I carried it from the car park and onto the shuttle bus!

Thats all for now…i’m off to a local fly in tomorrow, so more pictures to follow.

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