Over the Back
Looking for sink
Wed Jan 23, 2008 9:28 am
[  Mood: Happy ]
When I launched at 3:35 PM today it was blowing in nicely. I had to be on the other side of the Hudson Valley at 6:30 PM for a dinner reservation. So if I took 20 minutes to breakdown and stow my gear, an hour drive home, 20 minutes to change, and 20 minutes drive to the restaurant...
I could fly for an hour. MAX!
I got 2 steps with the bar pulled in before I hit the escalator. I went out front, I went up, I went north I went up, I came back in front of launch, ...still up. For a breezy winter day, it was relatively smooth, but strong. I have heard the stories of pilots who could not get down for hours at Ellenville. I started to worry I was going to be late.
I could NOT be late.
Dinner was for my son's birthday. This was the first flight that I was looking for sink. About a half mile north west of launch I found it and it was really good sink. I ended up on the ground in less than 15 minutes. The only other pilot to fly today was still in the air as I drove home. I don't think he went looking for sink.
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gerg
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Location: Mill Creek, WA (Near Seattle...)
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Nice! Haven't had it happen to me yet... But maybe someday soon... Congrats on making it to the birthday dinner on time!
Love the pic. Also noticed what looks like a small solar powered weather station up there. Does that send data to a web site you guys can use? I've been thinking about how I could (cheaply) do something like that, and was curious if/how you guys found it useful.
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TomGalvin
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Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 9:25 pm Post subject: |
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The solar panel powers a cellphone and a windtalker: http://www.litek.com/wt.htm
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steve555
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 6:33 am Post subject: |
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That does it!!!
I'm going to have to make a serious attempt to make it to your side of the state this year. Just keep hearing too many good things about E-ville and think I need to find out for myself if it's all true. 
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