October 28th, 2018

This post was meant to be posted Friday morning, the 26th.

This is it! The last day we’ll be able to fly. There’s a storm front coming and Saturday and Sunday will be no good.

At least the sunrise was a good sign:

So, we arrive at the hilltop site...and no wind.

11...12...1...2..3...

We try a little ground handling, but it’s exhausting without wind.

Finally, around 17:30 we get a little wind!

I line up, and Bam! Failed inflation.

I line up again, and Foop! Frontal collapse, and the wing is on my head.

I line up again, and the wing veers off to one side.

I can see the CFI’s face...this is my last try...

I run, I wobble, but I eventually get off the ground!

Yay! Fantastic!

I got to fly around the hill site for a while. A beautiful day, it was lovely.

And when I came in for a landing, it looked like this:

Now *that* felt good!