Tandem Flight with Natasha and Andrew

Friday May 27, 2005

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Natasha ready to discover the 3rd dimension
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Natash is piloting...
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... and she does a really good job!
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Yep. I'm taking pictures, while she's in control of the Glider ;-)
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View on the landing spot, where Andrew just landed.
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View in the direction of Montreux
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Their house might be on that picture.
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Not only she pilots like a natural, she steers the glider with a big smile ;-)
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Le Château de Blonay
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Lac Léman (don't say Lake Geneva, ok?)
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Train station of Blonay
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Take off site on Les Pléiades
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I'm ready. Where is my passenger?
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Ready for take off. Waiting for a little wind.
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Last check. Who's first?
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We are! Lets go and rise the glider.
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A couple of steps and we are Airborne!
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Off we go...
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... enjoying the liberty of flying like the birds.
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Andrew's take off
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Andrew and Jérôme approaching Blonay.
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Andrew approaching the landing site.
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That's me and Natasha. Can you decipher my telephone number?
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Natasha is still piloting.
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Ok, we're low enough, I'm taking the commands again..
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... to engage the approach...
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... of the landing site in Blonay...
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... where her little girl already awaits her.

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Ivo Blöchliger    E-mail : ivo @ linuxbox . ch