Some of you already know but I thought I'd write up a little post; I'll be leaving the area this month, heading to Utah, Salt Lake City for now - which may become my permanent residence.
It was a great honor being part of our hang gliding community with its great pilots and people! Hang gliding changed my life and I couldn't of started better in this terrific sport anywhere else. We have a variety of sites and I've benefited from great guidance and help throughout my development as a pilot - so, thank you all!
I'll specially miss Highland Aerosports and the guys there, the place that made it all a reality for me, they are truly amazing. I was there yesterday taking my H4 test and despite me being the only pilot out there everybody was out working, very supportive and helpful. They made me do my spot landings (within 25' of target) in 3 separate gliders - first the Combat, then a Target (never flown one but it's great, crosswind landing requested on this one) and then my Discus - talk about diversity
It was all done and in the bag when the first drops of rain came down, talk about perfect timing! I took a stab at the written test as well but I'll have to go and actually study a bit for that one, I forgot some stuff plus this test seemed a bit odd to me, I took it just to get an idea of what I need to study up on. I'll hopefully pass it on my next try.I intend of keeping in touch with you guys and unless the world ends I'll be coming for the annual ECC Competition every year.
Hope to see many of you in the air in the near future, if not here before I leave, somewhere else - it's small world after all; besides, once I'm all settled in the new place I'll welcome visiting pilots anytime!
Wishing everyone blue skies and great flights!
