A Malverns Miracle!

[@davidbent536]

Fantastic flight Tim and buddies. I studied the forecast on Friday night and saw RASP looking good and also saw the CANP/NOTAM for Worcester Beacon! But I went to Merthyr …. It was greyer, windier and rain was also coming . Anyway brilliant to see your low saves and happy face at the end. I was also happy with my gardening when I got home early grhhhh. We love PG❤

[@TimPentreath]

@@davidbent536 cheers David, glad you enjoyed it! Sorry to hear about conditions at Merthyr but not surprising given how it turned out at the Malverns… there’s always another day!

[@jasonsmith6508]

A series of miracles mate! Four low saves 🙌 Well done and great viewing thanks Tim 👍🙏

[@TimPentreath]

Thanks Jason, glad you enjoyed it!!

[@lifeintheair22]

Hello Tim again fantastic, many saves and great job you have done

[@TimPentreath]

@@lifeintheair22 thanks, it was a really fun flight!

[@rogerclarke3291]

Excellent Video. I flew over the Malvern's on Saturday. Loved the saves. I may have to crack out my Paraglider again. Thanks for posting. great content.

[@TimPentreath]

Glad you enjoyed it Roger, and yes, dig it out again (as long as it’s not too old!)

[@ClemensGesell]

Very nice video with high and lows 🤣 I could feel your emotions … greetings from paragliding folks in south west Germany (Black Forest)

[@TimPentreath]

@@ClemensGesell hi, I’m glad you enjoyed coming along for the ride as much as I did! Good flying, Tim

[@ClemensGesell]

@@TimPentreath yes i did, looking forward to fly again in UK with my glider. maybe next year 😎

[@MarkvanEs]

My weak point is patience, you certainly seem to have that dialed! Good example in perseverance! Hats and helmets off to you, Tim! Very well done!

[@TimPentreath]

Thanks Mark, it's taken me a long time to learn to be patient, but it's essential to to know when to change gears and slow down and do everything you can just to stay up in the hope that it'll eventually ping you up!

[@MarkvanEs]

@@TimPentreathWorking on that, thanks for the inspiration!👊🏻

[@gadgetgeorge]

Thanks for making my train journey very enjoyable. I’m learning a lot. Sticking with those bits of light lift at 500’ AGL, wow. Loved it 👍

[@TimPentreath]

Cheers George, glad you enjoyed it!

[@rodragsdale1702]

“Like flies to shit!” That is a great line Tim. You might need to think of becoming a poet. From dirt to cloud base is pretty impressive. Loved your vid mate.

[@TimPentreath]

Haha, glad you enjoyed it Rod, it was a really fun flight!

[@Robbo1966]

Remarkable xc, thought it was done at Evesham, critical moment turned into an epic one. Well done Tim

[@TimPentreath]

@@Robbo1966 thanks Paul, glad you enjoyed coming along for the ride! I thought I’d be enjoying an ice cream and leisurely afternoon in Evesham too 😂

[@jameslloyd7965]

Fab flight Tim. Always inspiring. Got to love a couple of low saves. Great tenacity. I had a similar save at 600ft that day during downwind leg of triangle flight from bell. Was on a full bar dropping like stone after bum skimming 670m airspace. Too close! Managed to connect to a dribble that eventually shot me to base. No footage, sadly. Typical. You had a few followers that day by the looks. Hope to follow you too soon! Want one more big one this year.

[@TimPentreath]

Thanks James, it was a really fun flight for sure! The low saves add to it too, but could have done without quite so many 😂. Well done on your FAI from Bell, nice one! Fingers crossed for another good day before the season's over...

[@hchallenator]

Mind blown. I feel like I am missing out on some XC days here in Northern Sweden that are overcast and a little windy. This rule of getting to base before going downwind on such days is bunk. Cheers for sharing!

[@TimPentreath]

@@hchallenator yeah, I wasn’t expecting much if I’m honest! But the airmass was very good and it didn’t take much heating for it to go up… glad you enjoyed coming along for the ride!

[@chestyoz9725]

Awesome job, love your videos

[@TimPentreath]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!!

[@edwinlooy6551]

Amazing flight❤

[@TimPentreath]

@@edwinlooy6551 thanks Edwin, glad you thought so too!

[@sUASNews]

Came here to say excellent chip shop at Olney and then you flew over my old house at Cold Brayfield and a dear old chums place at Bromham low save #5 some fantastic memories of aviation foolery invoked in that area, thanks very much. I'm typing this in South Africa! Airship sheds at Cardington not hangers old boy.

[@TimPentreath]

Thanks, I'll remember that should I ever bomb in Olney! Never knew they were called sheds - you learn something every day! Glad you enjoyed the vid!

[@chonfaikuok8968]

Wow what a wonderful moment 😂, lots of magic low save

[@TimPentreath]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed coming along for the ride!

[@glidewatch]

Definitely worth a coffee!!! 🙂

[@TimPentreath]

Thanks Bill, appreciate it!

[@MarjanGunder]

Great flight

[@TimPentreath]

@@MarjanGunder thanks, glad you enjoyed coming along for the ride!

[@BenBowler]

It’s really interesting to see how you handle these low scratchy conditions. I want to get better at this. I thought I had a solid climb over a dark field of pig pens a couple of weeks ago but I just lost it all of a sudden.

[@TimPentreath]

Cheers Ben, hopefully it'll help, but sometimes you do just lose it - happens to me often enough. Generally the FSH thermal assistant works pretty well to find it again if it's a solid climb, but it's les effective in zeros and very weak lift... Spidy senses needed 😂

[@BenBowler]

@@TimPentreath Very true!

[@sv4stampe]

Used to fly RC gliders from Worcestershire Beacon many years ago.

[@TimPentreath]

Better dig them out again!

[@kenwilkinson7836]

Great stuff Tim! Nice flying with you. I will do an edit on my footage, which sadly stops at 63km.... Oh well.

[@TimPentreath]

Thanks Ken, looking forward to watching your take on it!

[@jeffcrutchlow9518]

Another great video of another great flight. Well done Tim. How you got away with those low saves! Keep the videos coming, I thoroughly enjoy them.

[@TimPentreath]

Cheers Geoff, it must have been one of those days when Lady Luck is on your side!

[@DarrenMansell]

I think we were watching out for you guys when gliding in Bidford last Saturday.

[@TimPentreath]

@@DarrenMansell hopefully you spotted us on FLARM 🤞🏻

[@apexjunky]

Another great vid 👍....how does the new lightness compare to the previous?

[@TimPentreath]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! Very similar really, super comfortable, and I think more stable when on full bar (as you'd expect with a modest fairing)

[@lifeintheair22]

Hi Tim, can you please explain to me how to include the SportsTrackLive igc file in the video editor. Thank you

[@TimPentreath]

Yeah, I just record the screen of my Mac using QuickTime whilst I’m playing back the animation, then I just add the animation video file into iMovie.

[@carlosvomkulm6382]

Haha cool low safe, it works 😆

[@TimPentreath]

@@carlosvomkulm6382 thanks Carlos, glad you enjoyed coming along for the ride!

[@tonysherrington3137]

what an entertaining flight Tim,what are your GoPro setting cheers for the flight

[@TimPentreath]

Cheers Tony! I use 4K 60FPS, Wide lens, High stabilisation

[@Itsallgoodtogo]

When you shake out all the bad luck with the first 2 flights

[@damianogryf]

Tim, what is that button attached to your right handle?

[@TimPentreath]

Hi Damian, it's a Prime Mini PTT for use with Zello. Zello seems to work better in the alps compared to the UK - I guess the cell towers are positioned higher, whereas in the flats we're flying above good cellphone coverage

[@seosiappa]

👍

[@FlyRusty]

Unbelievable😂

[@TimPentreath]

Cheers Russell!

[@RichardS-qh8mi]

Lot of traffic up there, busier than Heathrow!😳

[@TimPentreath]

@@RichardS-qh8mi yeah, it was busy to start with 😬

[@RichardS-qh8mi]

@@TimPentreath Not sure what paragliding etiquette is whilst airborne but it sure looked like everyone had their eyes peeled.😎

[@Tuatara1975]

Tenacious clinging on. I got 15km and no further. It was a 'fizzy' day for sure, but missing a thermal put me on the ground :-(

[@TimPentreath]

Thanks Dave... a frustrating day for lots... missing a thermal always tends to mean only one thing! BTW, are you the Dave Martin who used to live in Bath?

[@Tuatara1975]

@@TimPentreath Watching your flights provides good motivation to hang on in there when low as you seem to eek out lift from what looks like a doomed flight. Not the same Dave Martin I don't think - haven't lived in Bath. There is apparently another in the PG scene from before I started.

[@hypelike52]

🔥💣💥💥💥💥💥💥

[@NCginga]

You had to work for that low save!

[@TimPentreath]

Too right!

[@marcinegiert646]

Good job sticking to it in those low saves. I can not believe I bombed out just as the sky improved after Banbury.

[@TimPentreath]

@@marcinegiert646 thanks Marcin, yeah I think the change in conditions threw quite a few people. Well done getting away in the first gaggle though - that’s where I should have been - too much faffing!

[@skAt79]

👍👍👍🫡

[@munteanueugeniu397]

Hi Tim! Looks lie you had switched off the low tone on sink : kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6Wrcpapoduiq7M. I think to do it also

[@TimPentreath]

I use my own tone settings... beepOnlyWhenFlying=yes setVolume=2 dampingFactor=0.00 ClimbToneOnThreshold=0.1 ClimbToneOffThreshold=0.1 SinkToneOnThreshold=-0.1 SinkToneOffThreshold=-0.1 tone=-10.00,200,200,100 tone=-2.00,293,200,100 tone=-1.99,293,700,82 tone=-1.00,320,651,29 tone=-0.99,320,350,10 tone=0.00,374,200,5 tone=0.01,432,500,10 tone=0.41,521,399,35 tone=1.00,617,335,50 tone=2.05,772,275,50 tone=3.74,996,228,50 tone=10.00,1830,95,50 If you have a Mini V or Maxx (orig or II), then you can access them in the new web app here webapp.xctracer.online/ under "Flatland" in the various settings

[@munteanueugeniu397]

@@TimPentreath Thanks, I'll try these settings. I have Mini 2 FLARM

[@TimPentreath]

@@munteanueugeniu397 I think you mean the XCTracer II FLARM, yes? It's about 55x55mm...

[@munteanueugeniu397]

@@TimPentreathYes, exactly

[@Skeez-git]

Like uncoordinated wasps. Looks utterly unregulated and dangerous as F.

[@TimPentreath]

@@Skeez-git haha, we’re self-regulated - ie. the CAA let the BHPA do the regulation. For sure it’s a dangerous sport, but not on a flight like this…

[@aspiringpilot9402]

02:31s you and your fellow pilots have broken the law (UK) by declaring you were 700 feet over a built up residential area. The minimum separation for pilots and built up areas is 1000 feet AGL, you have knowingly broken the law and are a danger to wider aviation. Turn in your license.4UK Standardised Rules of the Air, SERA.5005(f) applies, even to you and your fellow pilots.

[@TimPentreath]

We were at 2,700ft then

[@chap666ish]

The Malvern Hills are not "the other side of Birmingham"!!! 😁

[@TimPentreath]

Yeah I know, but I was wondering how to let them know roughly where they are… what would you have said?

[@chap666ish]

@@TimPentreath I'd have said it was it was the other side of Upton Snodsbury 😎 By the way, that's a hell of a flight: Malvern to St Neots! Hats off to you, sir.

[@TimPentreath]

@@chap666ish haha, I’ll remember that for next time 😂 And thanks, it was a really enjoyable flight 👍🏻

[@PtangPtangBiscuitBarrelSmith]

That depends on where tho arte