• One of our favourite shots from SkyWeek France: Cheryl after her 8th and final flight of the week, being photo bombed by @jamespaulborges @fred_coate and Pete
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    One of our favourite shots from SkyWeek France: Cheryl after her 8th and final flight of the week, being photo bombed by @jamespaulborges @fred_coate and Pete
  • 3 weeks in Portugal is a go 🤪
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    3 weeks in Portugal is a go 🤪
  • France you've been real! From the battlefields of the Somme, to the rolling hills and gorgeous valleys surrounding Asquins, to the Volcans D'Auvergne, it's been an epic! We've been blessed with the weather, flying 7/7 days, with just the one afternoon off due to crazy thunder and lightning and torrential rains. So all in all, everyone's stoked! Thank you everyone who joined us, until next time 🇨🇵. We're now off to Portugal near Peniche for 3 weeks with a new group of students 🤘.
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    France you've been real! From the battlefields of the Somme, to the rolling hills and gorgeous valleys surrounding Asquins, to the Volcans D'Auvergne, it's been an epic! We've been blessed with the weather, flying 7/7 days, with just the one afternoon off due to crazy thunder and lightning and torrential rains. So all in all, everyone's stoked! Thank you everyone who joined us, until next time 🇨🇵. We're now off to Portugal near Peniche for 3 weeks with a new group of students 🤘.
  • 7/7 days of French flying = a very stoked @grahamdaniel4772
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    7/7 days of French flying = a very stoked @grahamdaniel4772
  • Navigating the Volcans D'Auvergne on our 7th and final day in this glorious country 🇨🇵
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    Navigating the Volcans D'Auvergne on our 7th and final day in this glorious country 🇨🇵
  • @jamespaulborges, a.k.a flying Jesus, in full stoke mode after 6 days straight of flying on our way through France. Today we're 90 miles west of Lyon, where we've flying over the stunning Volcans D'Auvergne. France you beautyyyy. Aerial footage from @fred_coate 🤑
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    @jamespaulborges, a.k.a flying Jesus, in full stoke mode after 6 days straight of flying on our way through France. Today we're 90 miles west of Lyon, where we've flying over the stunning Volcans D'Auvergne. France you beautyyyy. Aerial footage from @fred_coate 🤑
  • What a gorgeous first few days here in NE France. After getting off the ferry on Friday, we headed straight for Beaumont-Hamel and had a gorgeous first evening in clear skies, shared with a few local microlights. The next morning we headed back to the site and were met with a blanket of mist. This was shot over the breathtaking Lochnagar Crater, an integral location at the Battle of the Somme back in 1916. "The Lochnagar Crater was created by a large mine placed beneath the German front lines on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, it was one of 19 mines that were placed beneath the German lines from the British section of the Somme front, to assist the infantry advance at the start of the battle. The British named the mine after ‘Lochnagar Street’, a British trench where the Tunnelling Companies of the Royal Engineers dug a shaft down about 90 feet deep into the chalk; then excavated some 300 yards towards the German lines to place 60,000 lbs (27 tons) of ammonal explosive in two large adjacent underground chambers 60 feet apart. Its aim was to destroy a formidable strongpoint called ‘Schwaben Höhe’ (Swabian Heights) in the German front line, south of the village of La Boisselle in the Somme département. On Saturday 1st July 1916, at 7.28am, two minutes before the attack began, the mine was exploded, leaving the massive crater 70ft (21m) deep and 330 ft (100 m) wide, that we see today. Debris was flung almost a mile into the air, as graphically recorded by Royal Flying Corps pilot Cecil Lewis in his book ‘Sagittarius Rising’: ‘The whole earth heaved and flared, a tremendous and magnificent column rose up into the sky. There was an ear-splitting roar, drowning all the guns, flinging the machine sideways in the repercussing air. The earth column rose higher and higher to almost 4,000 feet. The Crater was captured and held by British troops but the attack on either flank was defeated by German small-arms and artillery fire – except on the extreme right flank and between La Boisselle and the Lochnagar Crater." - Lochnagarcrater.org
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    What a gorgeous first few days here in NE France. After getting off the ferry on Friday, we headed straight for Beaumont-Hamel and had a gorgeous first evening in clear skies, shared with a few local microlights. The next morning we headed back to the site and were met with a blanket of mist. This was shot over the breathtaking Lochnagar Crater, an integral location at the Battle of the Somme back in 1916. "The Lochnagar Crater was created by a large mine placed beneath the German front lines on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, it was one of 19 mines that were placed beneath the German lines from the British section of the Somme front, to assist the infantry advance at the start of the battle. The British named the mine after ‘Lochnagar Street’, a British trench where the Tunnelling Companies of the Royal Engineers dug a shaft down about 90 feet deep into the chalk; then excavated some 300 yards towards the German lines to place 60,000 lbs (27 tons) of ammonal explosive in two large adjacent underground chambers 60 feet apart. Its aim was to destroy a formidable strongpoint called ‘Schwaben Höhe’ (Swabian Heights) in the German front line, south of the village of La Boisselle in the Somme département. On Saturday 1st July 1916, at 7.28am, two minutes before the attack began, the mine was exploded, leaving the massive crater 70ft (21m) deep and 330 ft (100 m) wide, that we see today. Debris was flung almost a mile into the air, as graphically recorded by Royal Flying Corps pilot Cecil Lewis in his book ‘Sagittarius Rising’: ‘The whole earth heaved and flared, a tremendous and magnificent column rose up into the sky. There was an ear-splitting roar, drowning all the guns, flinging the machine sideways in the repercussing air. The earth column rose higher and higher to almost 4,000 feet. The Crater was captured and held by British troops but the attack on either flank was defeated by German small-arms and artillery fire – except on the extreme right flank and between La Boisselle and the Lochnagar Crater." - Lochnagarcrater.org
  • Always helps travelling with a tandem 😏
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    Always helps travelling with a tandem 😏
  • The time has come to say goodbye to UK skies for this season. Safe to say it's been a rollercoaster few months of juggling with Bo Jo's ever changing restrictions while navigating around our best mate, the weather, BUT, we've had an absolute belter! From introducing many new pilots into the sport as well as flying with some familiar faces, it been epic! We're now off to Europe in search of baguettes and laminar winds, but do not fret, we'll be back June 2021. If you can't wait until then, then get in touch cause we still have some spaces on our courses in Portugal and Spain in the coming months.
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    The time has come to say goodbye to UK skies for this season. Safe to say it's been a rollercoaster few months of juggling with Bo Jo's ever changing restrictions while navigating around our best mate, the weather, BUT, we've had an absolute belter! From introducing many new pilots into the sport as well as flying with some familiar faces, it been epic! We're now off to Europe in search of baguettes and laminar winds, but do not fret, we'll be back June 2021. If you can't wait until then, then get in touch cause we still have some spaces on our courses in Portugal and Spain in the coming months.
  • Bit of inspo while ground handling
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    Bit of inspo while ground handling
  • Strong winds = mini wings
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    Strong winds = mini wings
  • Coming in hot
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    Coming in hot