Jaca Week 2 Day 1 (another true story)

The first flight of the week was made by Gonzalo Villar with Merv in 776 in some initallly very tricky conditions that were hightlighted by JAB's relight! Having been overtaken by Paul Hicks and Bob Thirkell in the 775 who managed to get to the high peaks first by hanging onto JAB's tail feathers, Gonzalo followed soon after eventually reaching 8,500' Merv made an optimistic second sortie with Andy Hockin to introduce him to a host of new experiences in one go:- country, aircraft type, terrain and instructor! Unfortunately it was just as the conditions were fading away and the thermal was lost making it a short intro of 32 mins. However, Bob and Phil Holland managed to stay airborne for 1:17 with a creditworthy performance at that time in the evening - well done. Bob Akehurst volunteered to be the fifth man and spent the afternoon unsucessfully trying to buy a sim card for his phone and so didn't fly but he has his place reserved for first slot tomorrow. Everyone finished the day with big smiles on their faces and are looking forward to more of the same tomorrow.