la Palma (cont)

The weather conditions for the whole week have been rather tricky and not on all days we could find a place to fly; but thanks to Peter from 'Flugschule Touch & Go' , we could fly on most days at least once (on some days we even flew when the local flight school didn't).
We launched mostly from 'el Time' and 'Torre del Time', once from 'Puerto Naos' and 2 pilots also once from 'Campanarios'.

Puerto Naos

Puerto Naos (and its large LZ)

On my 'xc-flight' from Pto. Naos I had to land at 'el Remo': towards the end of the flight  I didn't have the patience to stay above the ridge at all times. So once below the ridge, the thermals were too weak/ unorganized to continue the flight and get back to Pto.Naos.
 

'el Remo'

'el Time' / 'Torre del Time' (Pilot: Küde)

'Torre del Time'

'el Time' ('Los Llanos' to the right; pilot: Andy)

'Tazacorte' (LZ for 'el Time' / 'Torre del Time')

Flyingwise the week was not really 'super', as it was windy on all days. But it has been a nice week in excellent company, good food and warm weather to finish off the 2016 flying season - except maybe a couple of sled rides later in Arosa...

la Palma- Canary Islands (SPC)

Sorry for the delay in blogging, but the internet connections here on SPC are rather slow and posting pix takes lots of time -if not impossible  ;-)

Santa Cruz de la Palma -'Balcones Florales'

Sunset over 'Tazacorte'

The first week on this beautiful island I just played 'tourist' together with my wife Ruth; more pictures can be found here.

Then last Monday the pilots of our small group (Peter, Andy, Küde, Alex) arrived and we could start flying.

TO 'el Time' (Küde setting up, Andy flying above) - Los Llanos on the right side

The wind came mostly out of the North, so the usual sites like 'Puerto Naos' / 'Campanarios' couldn't be used and we had to go to Tazacorte and use the launches there: 'el Time' / 'Torre de Time'.