Trying Again- SE this Saturday

morey · Post by **morey** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 9:00 pm

Looks like it will be good on Saturday for the A or Miller.

Anybody?

chicken hawk · Post by **chicken hawk** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 4:52 pm

The A might work for me on Sat.
The Miller road from the gate to launch is in pretty sad shape.
Talked about doing some road work at last meeting.

jlowery · Post by **jlowery** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 6:21 pm

Miller looks much better. E 10-15 until pretty late in the afternoon, 12k top of lift. The road is deteriorated and isn't any fun to drive, but it can be managed, particularly in a longer-wheelbase truck.

The "A" will be too light to soar, at least for my fat butt on my little glider.

I'm planning on meeting Eric Smith around 8 AM, we should be at the Miller LZ around 9:30.

John
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amiller · Post by **amiller** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 6:23 pm

A few of us baggies are thinking about flying the Lemmon on Sunday.

morey · Post by **morey** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 8:41 pm

I'm meeting Eric and John at Houghton and I10 at 8:15.
Getting gear ready. Wow is my glider bag dusty.

Looks like it's gonna' be a nice day. SE to E winds at launch 5-10, so it's bag gable (but I'm taking the stiffie)

chicken hawk · Post by **chicken hawk** » Sat Sep 15, 2012 5:30 pm

Took a little flight off the "A" today.

Debbie & I were on launch around 11:00 am, only to see winds coming in 25-30 mph with an occasional gust to 40. We decided to do lunch and come back, arriving the second time winds were 15-20 out of the ESE so we set up. By the time we set up it was 1:00 pm, now winds coming in at 8-10 with an easterly cross. Took a short straight in cycle for a 15 minute but enjoyable flight.

I'm sure the pilots that flew Miller faired better, but I was home with a cold brewsky by 2:30 pm.

morey · Post by **morey** » Sat Sep 15, 2012 6:36 pm

Big thanks to J-Lo for dragging me up the hill, his son Sean for driving, Raquel for helping on launch- it takes a village.

It was a particularly sweet day at Miller. An easy SE flow at launch, continued to blow in all day with minimal gustiness- so launch conditions were comfy. Thermals were of the light/winter variety requiring a lot of attention- but they were playful and sometimes rewarded you with a nice 500fpm climb- nothing scary at all. Best I could do was 8,350, John got a couple hundred feet higher than that. So- not a big booming day, but a fun, workable day of totally stress free flying, which is exactly what I was looking for. 55min of airtime for me before the bottom fell out. Nice steady 6-8mph in the LZ even made landing easy.

Hang gliding is really cool.

sorinorrin · Post by **sorinorrin** » Sun Sep 16, 2012 7:00 am

I am so glad you got a good flight Morey! I only wish I could have been there to enjoy it with you. I was taking scouts on a water skiing camp out at lake Roosevelt. They were working on there wake boarding merit badge. I hope you get to fly again soon and I can join you.

Orrin

morey · Post by **morey** » Sun Sep 16, 2012 10:04 am

sorinorrin wrote:I am so glad you got a good flight Morey! I only wish I could have been there to enjoy it with you. I was taking scouts on a water skiing camp out at lake Roosevelt. They were working on there wake boarding merit badge. I hope you get to fly again soon and I can join you.

Orrin

Wake Boarding Merit Badge? sounds like fun
Did they all come back with their thumbs intact?

Trying Again- SE this Saturday

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