With just 15km to run things got very black, the shower was growing in size, my wings were getting a bit wet and then to top it all, fork lightning.
This was my queue to bin the task and race for home which was still some 165km away, the journey back to base was very exciting as it seemed impossible to get away from the rapidly growing storm clouds, conditions back at Gariep were still good but the winds were increasing, with a 30kt tailwind the 165km leg home was flown in 50mins. Not the result I hoped for but 480km in just under 5hrs is not too bad
(Just a snippet from Ian's story of flying at Gariep Dam in South Africa - the rest of it and more photos can be found in the epic flights of DSGC website)
