It’sbeen a bitter sweet year, with varied experiences that brought great changes inour environment and our perspectives. But I believe that there is nothing thatcan overpower human spirit. With a renewed hope and conviction we welcome a brandnew year into our lives. Warm wishes from temple pilots to all who share thesky with us. Wishing you a beautiful year ahead - to learn, to grow, to playand to celebrate life.
Duringtraining, I meet an array of amazing people with different occupations andbackgrounds who come together sharing one bond – ‘a dream to fly’ that becomeseven stronger at the end of the course.
Thisranges from – groups of young software professionals from Chennai who surprisedthemselves with the fun they had, very Corporate disciplinarians who couldn’tstop grinning at the end of the course, a group of women, all lawyers who hadthe time of their life, media professionals who left feeling creativelyinspired, families – parents with children who bonded like never before,commercial pilots who felt the wind on their face, couples who found theexperience very romantic, spiritual motivators who flew with prayer flags,ex-pats who enjoyed the flying as much as the local food and flying friends, youngentrepreneurs tasting true freedom, unemployed geniuses who are on sabbaticals,job switchers who are finding it the right time to fly. It’s truly a rareprivilege and I feel blessed.
Ourteam is steadily growing. I feel touched that my instructors not only teachflying superbly but also the essence of what it does for us. At the end of thecourse people don’t just remain students but become friends. I feel a sense ofdeep joy that these simple and earnest flyers have matured into wonderfulteachers of the sport.
JaiHind
avi
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Romancingthe sky…
Whatis it that attracts us to adventure?
Is it a primitive need to take risks or a deeper instinct of the evolving self.
Itis not only me writing this in praise of flying but all pilots share thisoverwhelming feeling of being intensely alive while feeling. They will all talkof that perfect moment, that magical moment and that fleeting sense ofimmortality.
InZen Buddhism these moments of great intensity are called “kensho” – a moment offeeling one with the universe. All adventure enthusiasts, climbers and flyerscan relate to this moment of feeling utterly alive.
Forpilots the world and its worries disappear below after take off and theadventure of flying allows them to be active and alive in the present moment,in the state of flow, in ways that are impossible in ordinary life.
Itgave me deep joy, the success of our “Thermalling & XC tour” in Bir/Billinglast year and three week “Yelagiri Trip” in june this year. Seeing pilotssafely progressing their skills and knowledge, flying confidently at differentlocations and having the time of their lives.
Iread somewhere and do wonder – how can you not fly when you live in a time inhistory when you can?
VAGA2009’ Team Temple Pilots and Club Pilots head for the 4thInternational Paragliding Grand Prix at Vagamon, Kerala. Scheduled – 23Sept to27 Sept09’ and jointly organised by ASSTA and Department of Tourism
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YELAGIRI – DAY1
Avi, Priti,Ganpat and I arrived last night by train. Go down at the now familiar‘Jolarpeth station’. The entire team (TJ, Pankaj, Parshya, Vikash) with Narenand Samson had come to pick us up. They had left the earlier day by road andhad a super time driving down to Yelagiri. They did it in 20 hours…from Kamshetto Yelagiri a total of 1111kms.
We arrived atSaral Inn, it is a very typical pilots haunt, easy on the pocket, basic andclean, and most important we had ample space for all the gliders right next toour rooms. We were situated just a little ahead of the market area from wherewe can turn in to the road that takes you to Ramkrishna site.
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