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The Inanda Dam view from the west side of Dereks Dale at 7:30 on a Saturday morning - very, very special.....
New blood is an amazing thing. As mentioned in blast from past, Mark Phillips is a product of the early nineties regular beginner sessions and enticed Dave to start up again closer to home. By sheer co-incidence, Plane Game offloaded a dozen or so little Chinese Skylark electric soarers, complete with bat, charger and 35 meg radio, all for R350 a pop. The guys had ou Dave out at Derek’s Dale at 7:30am (this is someone who does not believe in morning sloping) and between the slope lift and getting out of trouble with electric assist, the learning curve was accelerated at exponential rate. The were four of these little Chinese beasties and running between three all flying at the same time did wonders for the heart rate..... ;-) Guess what – a bunch of fun.