Fantastic flying days in October.

It's getting to the end of the season but there has been some fantastic flying days in October.

Yesterday I climbed up high in some gentle thermals and soared along the ridges before coming into to help Maurice with the group of beginners.

Lochranza Distillery Tandem flights!




We have had a good flying season this year on Arran. The spring and early summer gave us some of our best weather - we had a water shortage on the Island after six weeks without rain. Then came the summer holidays and the weather took a down turn in July. (Next year we plan a trip abroad for some of the summer holidays.) Late summer and Autumn gave us some more good flying.



We also had some nice Tandem flights during the season at Catacol often our fun days training gives you a chance at a tandem and some solo training.

A Flying Bear! Nicky Cairney Flies Tandem Paragliding dressed as a bear in aid of the moon bears.



A Flying Bear - Nicky Cairney flew a tandem paragliding flight dressed as a bear to raise awareness and money for the Animal Asia Foundation and the plight of the Moon Bears. Moon bears are kept in crush cages and milked for their bile which is used in Chinese Medicine. Nicky appeared on STV Television. Watch it here.

More about Moon Bears www.animalsasia.org

We have had a good spring on Arran with lots of students doing Elementary pilot courses and groups out for a funday.





Here are some photos from last years students.

http://picasaweb.google.com/79drew/ParaglidingOnArran#

We had a fantastic winter in Nepal paragliding every day and teaching students from all over the world.
Back in Arran now and the season has started the snow has melted and there are fantastic spring
conditions for learning how to fly.
Here is some photos from a group out on the 11th April
http://picasaweb.google.com/flyingfever/Para_group_april_11_2010?feat=directlink