Again it was a bit in the windy side. There were clouds all around Mount Olympus. I went swimming and sun
bathing until 3.00. It was finally decided that I could have a flight. We went over to Old Panteleimonas. I flew out and attempted a 360 in a thermal. I think I left the turn a bit on the late side.
After that the rest of the flight was in sinking air. At one stage I reached 8 (00 ft/min) down. The air was really sinking fast. Initially after take off, I had to use the speed bar to get away from
the hill, flew through lift and tried to turn in it. As I went through the sinking air, I tried weight shift only for turning. The approach for landing this time did not require any 360 turns because I had lost so much
altitude through the sinking air |