Anyone flying today? Where?
Bun
Sun Flying?
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Woodstock for Sunday 10/29
Just talked to John Middleton. He and I are both leaning toward WS today, too. Probably get there around 1:00.
Cragin
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Weather - https://sites.google.com/site/hgweather/
Flying - http://craginsflightblog.blogspot.com/
Kay's Stuff- http://kayshappenings.blogspot.com/
GO to 50 https://sites.google.com/site/hgmemories/Home/50th
Nevermind- WS Sunday
I've spent the morning watching wind reports from WS be NNE to NE.
Matthew checked ADDS doe winds at 3K - he saw all N to NE.
Sorry folks, I'm bailing on flying today. So is Matthew.
Matthew checked ADDS doe winds at 3K - he saw all N to NE.
Sorry folks, I'm bailing on flying today. So is Matthew.
Cragin
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Weather - https://sites.google.com/site/hgweather/
Flying - http://craginsflightblog.blogspot.com/
Kay's Stuff- http://kayshappenings.blogspot.com/
GO to 50 https://sites.google.com/site/hgmemories/Home/50th
Douglas.Cragin(AT)iCloud(DOT)com
Weather - https://sites.google.com/site/hgweather/
Flying - http://craginsflightblog.blogspot.com/
Kay's Stuff- http://kayshappenings.blogspot.com/
GO to 50 https://sites.google.com/site/hgmemories/Home/50th
It was a great day at Woodstock....
... judging from the amount of pilots that showed up, and launched. I've got about 57MB of photos of various pilots that I would like to share. Is there a place I can upload them to? This gallery only allows 400KB uploads.... and each picture is about 1.6MB.
I remember a few names of people I took pictures of... If you want to email me, I will send them to you (and hope I remembered the correct name that goes with the picture). I met so many of you all today... there's no way this 70's/80's affected mind will remember all the names. I was the guy in the black Harley cap (backwards). Bacil launched before I arrived, but I have a picture of him and Gary heading to the truck. Dave, Steve, Carlos, Silverwings, SteveK, Kelvin(?), Adam.
It was great meeting you folks today, and I look forward to the day that I can fly with you. I'm supposed to take my hang one written test at Blue Sky... weather permitting, that will be this Friday. Then it's on to learning the hang 2 skills with SilverWings and Blue Sky.
TonyD
I remember a few names of people I took pictures of... If you want to email me, I will send them to you (and hope I remembered the correct name that goes with the picture). I met so many of you all today... there's no way this 70's/80's affected mind will remember all the names. I was the guy in the black Harley cap (backwards). Bacil launched before I arrived, but I have a picture of him and Gary heading to the truck. Dave, Steve, Carlos, Silverwings, SteveK, Kelvin(?), Adam.
It was great meeting you folks today, and I look forward to the day that I can fly with you. I'm supposed to take my hang one written test at Blue Sky... weather permitting, that will be this Friday. Then it's on to learning the hang 2 skills with SilverWings and Blue Sky.
TonyD
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Tony thanks for your assistance. Carlos, Adam, and I all experienced difficulity in getting down in the 4:00 - 5:00 time frame. I flew all the way out past 81 and was still getting lift and only flying really fast helped. It took Carlos 30 min and probably close to 45 min for me. I am guessing it was probably wave but was suprised at still getting lift even at 81. It was easy getting back to the main and only started coming back after I was down to 2k agl. Adam said he got 6k. Did anyone find a white nose velcro tie at setup area?
john middleton (202)409-2574 c
Hey Tony,
Let me add my encouragement to your quest for solo flight in the
mountains. On the best days, you can cruise at will above mountains,
rivers, and valleys, in constant lift that almost makes it seem like you
have a motor attached. And when that gets 'old', you can fly XC along
the mountain ridges, or turn tail and venture downwind. For me,
mountain flying provides the greatest amount of variety and excitement.
I hope you will find it to be the same for you.
About photos: Yeah, we can't handle a 70-100MB upload from a single
shoot, we're just not a Picasa/Webshots/etc type of site.
However, we can certainly accomodate a handful of images, perhaps
those that you are particularly happy with. If you don't know how to
scale them down to 400MB or so, I could perhaps do that for you (though
no guarantees on the timeframe). If interested, send them along by
email, a few images per message, to: webdev@chgpa.org .
Cheers, and good luck in your training,
MarkC
Let me add my encouragement to your quest for solo flight in the
mountains. On the best days, you can cruise at will above mountains,
rivers, and valleys, in constant lift that almost makes it seem like you
have a motor attached. And when that gets 'old', you can fly XC along
the mountain ridges, or turn tail and venture downwind. For me,
mountain flying provides the greatest amount of variety and excitement.
I hope you will find it to be the same for you.
About photos: Yeah, we can't handle a 70-100MB upload from a single
shoot, we're just not a Picasa/Webshots/etc type of site.
However, we can certainly accomodate a handful of images, perhaps
those that you are particularly happy with. If you don't know how to
scale them down to 400MB or so, I could perhaps do that for you (though
no guarantees on the timeframe). If interested, send them along by
email, a few images per message, to: webdev@chgpa.org .
Cheers, and good luck in your training,
MarkC