FINALLY I got to make a really nice flight in Turkey 🙂 It wasn’t super far, it didn’t take forever, and it wasn’t even particularly scary – it was just a nice, quite difficult flight with a few low saves, and an efficient public transport retrieve thanks to the everpresent SUPER friendly locals that make Turkey special.
The launch here in Beysehir faces NNW or thereabouts, and really doesn’t start working until quite late, so we did some parawaiting again, only Olivier and I went birding in the woods and saw a Saker falcon, a Nightjar, a few Krüpers Nuthatches, so the day began well.
Then the wind came on the face, and we launched – only to land shortly thereafter again. Back on launch again the wind was stronger, and we could easily climb to around 2,000m, and I set off alone on a downwind glide, nearly landed a few times in the wide valley behind launch, met Dmitri from Russia who was doing the same (nearly landing), and flew on for around 70km to land in Bozkir, on the top of a hill.
I was in the shade of a range of big mountains all the way, so the climbs were never really any good, but it was still simply a very satisfying flight.
Dmitri landed at around 35km, and the others made around 20, so not a great day by any means, but at least I’m smiling.
Tomorrow seems to be the last day here in Beysehir before moving to Antalya, I have heard that we’ll be going to meet the mayor at his office although he was already at launch on the first day here, but as Andreas says; “He comes to our office, so we have to come to his office”
Late now, bedtime, more tomorrow,
Mads S
