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Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:22 am
[  Mood: Cool ]
I can't keep up with two so I'll start using this other one.....
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5-5/6-07 Tollhouse = 6.5 hours |
Thu May 10, 2007 8:43 am
Tollhouse 5-5/6-07
With our trip to the Owens canceled, Heather. Ben D. and I went up to Tollhouse for the weekend. Knowing I haven’t even circled in a thermal in over a year I decide to bring my good old sport (167) just in case I can’t figure out my new-to-me Lightspeed 4. As it turns out it’s a good thing I did. We got up there Friday night around 10pm and I got to bed around 11:30ish. Paul was there at about 8am Sat, we sat a bit and caught up, then I was off to ride the ATV (and wake the others if they were not up..they were)….After waiting for a couple other car loads of pilots, we all got up the hill a bit early and started setting up. We helped all the other pilots launch and most were going up before me and Ben launched. Of course Ben went up so I figured it must be good. I launched and went to the left a bit….found a little lift and did a few turns, a circle or two then went back over towards launch….eventually I found another and circled a few times again before falling out….before too long I was lower than I liked and headed over toward the LZ. The wind was shifting all over and by the time I was on final it had switched and put me going down wind…..I watch my flare window come and go, then the nose drop, whacked the nose and touched my left wing tip but all was ok. (unlike a few gliders before me)
The conditions were still good and some were going up for another try, I had my sport so I said why not and left the Lightspeed in the shade. With a nice quick setup we still had the second half of the day. I didn’t want to fly with any equipment this time (vario or gps), that beeping usually bugs me, or gets me to focus on it in a bad way. (I had it turned on the first flight on my Lightspeed, then I turned it off half way through the flight.) So I launch the sport with nothing but my water and go right up with the rest of the people still in the air. I love this glider and can toss it around in thermals like it’s nothing. It had been a good year plus, but I was right back in it on THIS glider. I was able to stick with them and not get spat out over the falls (only happened a couple times). Eventually everybody was on the ground and I had the whole site to myself. After playing for a good 2.5 hours I decided to come down and save my arms for the next day (and see if any beer was left). I was stoked to be a thermaling fool again, and on top of that Ben had started breaking down my other glider.
Sunday I was not quite as sore as I expected, we were up nice an early again and going up the hill by 10:45ish and ready to launch around 11:30. Joe and his flacon had stayed behind to enjoy the day also, I would say he did, going where ever he wanted all day and still landing after me.. This time I put my vario and gps on my DT and left the beeping off (out of sight out of mind right). Things seemed to work out a lot better on this flight. I also told myself to leave the VG off and toss it around a bit more. I did and it helped (but so did the warm-up/refresher flight the day before). After I got the hang of it a bit I was able to really play with my bank angles and pitch while circling, but being my first real thermaling flight I was still playing it safe. I did get low four different times and went for the LZ only to have a last minute save and climb back up. I didn’t venture to far (like Ben who took off to Dunlap) but it was only my first thermal flight on the glider. Almost 3.5 hours J + 2.5 Sat on the sport + .5 on the Lightspeed Sat….
I’m loving my Lightspeed more every flight (even my sink out down wind landing flight, I was able to pull it off with this glider and still not hurt it).
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2-4-07-Ed Levin |
Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:29 pm
[  Mood: Happy ]
With yesterday (2-4-07) as my day to fly I went over to Ed Levin and had a couple sled runs off the top (backside launch) and then had to take another off the 600' (my memory card was full on the flight from the top) so I HAD to do it again and get some video with my new mount....
total flight time=about 35 min...
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1-20-07 Fort Funston - Sport 167 - 45 min |
Wed Jan 24, 2007 8:17 am
[  Mood: Embarrased ]
nw 15+ up and around for awhile, then came into lz to hot and too high, knew I would not get down before parking lot so tried diving a little to brun off alt, (didn't work very well and just sped up), had to turn towards gliders and find hole/space to land....still touched a glider and tore sail tip :-((....I had floated down the last time I had extra alt, but it took forever and I wanted to try something else....guess I'll stick to that or COME IN LOWER....
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1-20-07 Fort Funston -2 min |
Wed Jan 24, 2007 8:10 am
[  Mood: Very Sad ]
launched too late and missed the westerly flow before it turned real north, down to the beach...but I flew damit !!! 
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thanks SG |
Wed Jan 24, 2007 8:06 am
[ Mood: Happy ]
[  Currently: Working ]
Way to go sg,....guess I should continue my on-line flight log here....
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