forecast, and the minimal prospects for soaring... I've got some travel
coming up, and figured that I should give it a go since I won't have a
weekend until early June (and not sure I'm up for the drive to the 'Sac
tomorrow).
Thought I'd be the onliest pilot, but Carlos was there... Yay Carlos!
Winds turned out to be fairly light when I arrived, and out of the east,
eventually the SE. So it wasn't dumping over the trees. I gave it a go
around 1:45 or so, finding some bouyant air and zero sink. Then we
started to get some decent sun, so Carlos gave it a try, and then I
followed. My second flight was better: found something around 1700'
that took me to 2400' or so. But the drift was very fast and I couldn't core
it, so the flight was only 25 minutes or so.
Had wanted a 'sporty' tow and more practice landing with the new harness,
and I got both. Actually...
I was very pleased with the 2nd landing,and wasn't paying attention as I moved off the field. The wind got under a
wing, and *oops*, I was nose-down with the glider bass-ackwards to the
wind in a flash. Sunny and Zac came to my rescue (thanks guys!). How embarrassing!
The winds started ramping up after Carlos had his second flight, so we
called it quits around 3:45 or so.
Surprisingly ok day, glad I went!
MarkC