Poor visibility and low cloud most of the day meant several
hours of weather hold (didn’t impact us, we weren’t there!).
We made it to the dropzone just in time for the sunset load
after being in Cardiff for the day. The
caravan was climbing very slowly and the JM was concerned about how high we
could realistically get to – eventually he called it at 12,000’ as the light
was failing fast. Absolutely gorgeous
sunset but it was challenging to see properly for landing. It was good to be back
in the Caravan, I was straight out and stable, so sorted that particular
demon. I practiced turns and tried some side
slides but forgot about stretching out the same arm as leg so rotated
instead. Lock on at 5,000, pull at 4,500 after waving off.
Good landing. Light
winds had got stronger so no forward movement on turning into wind so a bit
short. Landed on feet.
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