A470 Soaring: September 2013

About A470 Soaring

This is the blog for a few guys who spend their time flying radio controlled gliders, or slope soarer's, from the many and varied slopes around SE Wales.

This usually begins at the northern end of Cardiff, driving north up the A470 up to the Heads of the Valley's and the southern fringe of the Brecon Beacons. But the A470 road continues its windy way all the way to N Wales.

There are many slopes available for most wind directions, the most famous being the area between Nant-y-Moel and Treorchi known as The Bwlch, which has some of the best slopes and flying in Europe with many F3F competitions being held there each year and visited by many fliers from Europe and around the world. At 1500 feet (450m) above sea level, there is usually more wind than not, and certainly more than at sea level.

If you require any further information, are new to slope soaring or are visiting the area, please contact Steve at steve.houghton59@gmail.com . I look forward to hearing from you.

Take a look at Page 2 (look below and to the left here) for Google maps of our most popular Flying Sites.

Friday, 13 September 2013

Summers End

Sunday 1st September - I can't believe it was May when I posted my last blog update! Where has the time gone?

Well the boys met up on Mickey's West at The Bwlch for the day. Big Phil had brought his latest aquisition, a Phoenix models Red Arrows Hawk, which flew great once he'd added some ballast.

Mark had his Willow F3F and Cappuccino, Chris his Air One F3F and Tucan, and Clive turned up with all manner of models.

Video speaks louder than words, so here it is.

SUMMERS END from Chuck Glider on Vimeo.