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The best at Boston!

Posted on May 08, 2012 in Phil Jennings   

After a hectic week at work it was time to load up the van and head of for the second leg of the British Paramotor League at Boston, Lincolnshire. The weather forecast was a mixed bag and arriving Friday I was surprised to find unpredicted flyable conditions. I made the most of this and got in several short flights allowing me to get some quality airtime after the constant April showers that had plagued the last few weeks.

We lost Saturday with strong gusts all day but used the time and briefed ready for Sunday mornings Figure 8 precision task and skittle landing. Next was a complex 60km curved navigation in strong crosswinds, this had to be pre-planned and times declared to the second for 5 gates before flying it. This was made even more difficult as the conditions kept changing and I had to recalculate all the legs 3 times before finally taking off. After a fairly stressful hour and a half navigating round the flat featureless Lincolnshire countryside whilst constantly altering trim speed and course we returned for a spot landing.

A 5.30 getup on the Monday saw us ready to launch at 6 straight into a slalom Anglaise, a task with just one stick that must be kicked 5 times as fast as possible. This left us time to squeeze in one final task which was a minimum 45 minute pure economy .

After 6 tasks and a great weekend I was delighted to finish second. Looking forward to competing in the French Open in a few weeks followed by the British Open straight after.

Bring on the summer!

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