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| Was down at Bedford last week .. !!
We are now really spoiled for choice here in the UK. In addition to Airkix which really is a superb tunnel I got the chance to do a few minutes again in Bedford last week. Bedford really is a monster of a tunnel. It was a "middle of the night" affair and to be honest I didn't get the most from it because I'd been in the car for a good few hours. In fact, after just a few rotations I was so tired I just wanted to curl up in to a ball and go to sleep.
Each time I go down to Bedford the place gets smarter and smarter, the waiting area now has a large flat screen TV in it showing exactly what is going on inside the tunnel itself. This means you get to sit and watch flying from a very comfortable area with a cup of coffee in your hands. There seemed to be more staff than at any other time I've been there, plenty of new faces and I met some good people.
The tunnel has had the pitch of it's propeller altered since I was last at Bedford, which in theory gives it more power. Well .. ok it's no theory.. this thing was already seriously fast and .. it's even faster now. I have never done any free flying in Bedford, but next time I'm down there I'm going to give it a shot for sure.
The air in Bedford is superb, although I have to say it's unlike anything I have experienced anywhere .. it's powerful, very smooth, but .. Hmm .. sort of ... soft.. this is not a criticism at all .. the air is truly awesome .. but Bedford definitely has it's own signature. You need to come fly this tunnel now and you'll get what I mean.
Fabian from Florida was at the tunnel and it was a pleasure watching him fly. I've seen Fabian fly on numerous occasions in the past at SVO and I've shared blocked time with him once or twice. He's even helped me with my sit flying. His flying was awesome 18 months ago .. but watching him at Bedford was stunning. It transpires he wasn't just there just for my entertainment but was there to help some of the Bedford staff further improve their flying. Fabian has to be one of the most accomplished free flyers I have seen anywhere. What's more he always seems so damn happy!!! Mind you, if I spent as much time as he did playing in wind tunnels I'd probably be a whole lot happier too.
Anyway, I am looking forward to coming back down to Bedford in the near future, with the old baggy suit on.
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| | Was good to meet you - for someone who was knackered you did a couple of fairly full on sessions!!! (Wasn't there some high intensity tunnel tag going on?) See you again soon i am sure!!! |
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| Ahh yes, I did - tunnel tag with Fabian. That explains why I felt like I wanted to die afterwards.
Still recovering now ;-)
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| I bet he had a job keeping up though! 
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| Well Fabian is probably 20 Kgs lighter than me .. and 5 x fitter than me .. and has about 500 hours on me in the tunnel ...
But you know.. I didn't do too badly at all :-)
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| Don't forget to give us a sneaky peak at the finished video, Shane.. 
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| Excellent. I'd really like to see what's been going on over at Bedford of late. It seems to be really hotting up down there.
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