Drove: Mumbai-Pune-Simhagadh-Mumbai (350-400 KM)
Glided: 25 Min of flight time
Ran: 21 Km (2 Hrs 07 min) in the Mumbai Marathon
Gliding was a particularly rewarding experience, as I was not confident I could do it after a 2 year gap. But some practice on the ground showed that I had not forgotten the skills and I had a fantastic flight.
The running was great too, as they changed the route to include the Bandra-Worli Sea link, which is quite majestic in the misty morning seas, with just the sounds of the sea and of pounding feet. Snap of the bridge below:
3 comments:
Nice view and excellent picture.
Would you say gliding is like bicycling? Once you learn it, you never forget it?
that looks like a painting!
Similar and different. Similar because both are elegant machines driven completely by bio forces. Different because gliding is somewhat more complicated, and an adventure sport after all. For eg, a fellow pilot died in a mid-air collision last year in exactly the same spot where I was this weekend.
Flying is good, but flying well (good take-off, good flight and good landing) makes it a special pleasure. So I was glad that I could remember all my lessons and reprise them that day.
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