Paul Hampshire Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 A group of us have just returned from a fantastic slope soaring trip to the Isle of Wight. I just wanted to highlight the excellent choice of slopes available over on the Island and share some of the many videos we took both on the ground and from the air using wing mounted HD video camera's. The vertical chalk cliffs of Culver Down were amazing and the lift was so smooth given the light winds. Anyway if your not too far of a drive from Portsmouth or your having a holiday on the Island then its well worth the effort as there are many slopes and cliffs to fly. Before anyone asks - No I don't work for the Isle of Wight tourist board! Here is a link to our Sussex Slope Soaring blog where you can see our videos and read more about our slope trip to the Island: **LINK** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Thanks Paul, Enjoyed the vids. I'm in the process of having a good look particularly as I live in Kent and would like to try some new slopes....good web site you have there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Bennett Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 i'm off to the isle for a week soon. hmmmmmmmmmmm never tried slope soaring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Green Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Posted by Paul Hampshire on 03/06/2014 07:32:34: The vertical chalk cliffs of Culver Down were amazing and the lift was so smooth given the light winds. Thats what I like, a bit of gung-ho... lobbing a model off a vertical cliff in light winds! Is Keith Humber (of the 'Kema' series of gliders) still around? Edited By Phil Green on 03/06/2014 13:06:06 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Oops Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 That looks a lot of fun Paul, a few 10s of hours more with the Fusion then I'll be tempted! Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Kearney Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Nice videos Paul, I used to fly down there a lot it's a good site. For anybody going down that way, Culver has nice slopes further back down the road towards the fort for south westerlies and around the other side facing the Bembridge airfield you can get away with a northerly, although I used to find that a bit unpredictable at times and occasionally found myself thankful of an electric motor There is another nice cliff over in the west of the island if anybody is visitng over that way. r. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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