Spinoasa 2009, best flying day

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zbor cu parapanta la Spinoasa, Iasi septembrie 2009

September 2009, wind NNE 25 km/h, sunny, weak but large thermals. Many pilots have rushed to Spinoasa since the conditions were so promising for flying. Among them there were: Cali, Antonela, Catalin, Andrei, Ionut, Forest, Iulia, Stefan and me.

After soaring the ridge for almost 3 hours and one thermal lost in a corn field, I've caught a nice one and started a beautiful 25 km long fly :)

First paragliding club in Iasi

A new paragliding club is born in Romania: Pelicanii (pelicanii means pelicans). There are several years since free flying started in Iasi, it was time to finally have a club of our own. More than 20 pilots have gathered last week in town to celebrate this event.

We have good news for people interested in starting paragliding: Toma Coconea has agreed to teach any student pilot flying lessons.

Tomi teaching at Popricani

Toma Coconea in Iasi

Last weekend we had a special guest at Popricani flying place near Iasi: Toma Coconea (Tomi) the X-Alps man. More than 15 people gathered on the hill on Saturday in spite of chilly weather :)and Tomi generously offered several tandem flights for all interested people !

Tomi playing with his glider

 Antonela supervising our fly

Warming up my old but faithful Simba wing

Friends together

Friends flying