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.


Sunday, 6 September 2015

Speedo at St. Agnes

Hi all

Well I'm back from my holiday and I did manage to get a little flying time in. I'm glad I took the Speedo, just in case.

I did manage to meet up with a couple of friendly faces, Roger and Martin, and met a few new ones also.

Anyway, here is some video of me flying it at St. Agnes Head in Cornwall. I guess the wind speed was about 18 - 20 mph and north westerly.

Happy flying
Steve


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  1. Phil7 September 2015 at 07:25

    Nice one Steve.
    The Speedos sure go well...I love mine, great flyers in most wind speeds

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