. Then the conditions on the ridge, which were NW cross all the way down to the gap, went completely to crap, going almost 90 degrees cross. I saw Scott get flushed off of the ridge as I flew back east screaming across the tree line below the ridgetop and out in front. Hit a sinkhole that convinced me to bag the idea of digging out and headed out to land in a freshly cut cornfield. Had a pretty good headwind to fight but got over the edge of the field with plenty of altitude. Had a nice uphill landing. Scott's driver arrived with Scott in tow before I got completely broken down. As I completed packing up we saw a red Schweitzer 2-33? sailplane not very high above the ridge opposite us. He started circling and drifted OTB. Scott ended up landing in a brown colored soybean field that turned out to be waist high. He wisely kept his basetube out of the soybeans and had a decent landing. This was Scott's first XC. Congratulations to him! Back at launch by 3P and it was strong. Joe set up and we waited until 4:30P for it to die down to his liking but it didn't. He broke down to end the day. The sky had some wave going on. 3 sailplanes buzzed launch as we waited from 3 to 4:30P. BacilSacramento Sunday Sept. 22nd
Moderator: CHGPA BOD
Sacramento Sunday Sept. 22nd
Arrived just after 11A to already soarable air. Sky was very dynamic looking. Cajoled Scott Keyser to show up and join me on an assault on crossing the Susquehanna and making it to Scott's hometown of Newport, PA on the Juniata River. Joe and Karen were the only other pilots to show up. I launched around 12:45 in a light cycle and had to work a little to get up. Scott joined me about 15 minutes later and really had to work to get over the ridge. I got 1K' over (2500' MSL) and started the run down to the Klingerstown Gap. Along the way the sky upwind started to darken over and I flew thru lots of lift on the way down. However when I got to the gap, I was really low and struggled to find any sort of lift to get me high enough to jump the gap against a NW headwind. As I struggled I saw Scott in the distance coming down the ridge towards me. Flew with 3 bald eagles while struggling down at the gap, a mating pair who climbed right thru me and the third bird who did the same. That's frustrating . Then the conditions on the ridge, which were NW cross all the way down to the gap, went completely to crap, going almost 90 degrees cross. I saw Scott get flushed off of the ridge as I flew back east screaming across the tree line below the ridgetop and out in front. Hit a sinkhole that convinced me to bag the idea of digging out and headed out to land in a freshly cut cornfield. Had a pretty good headwind to fight but got over the edge of the field with plenty of altitude. Had a nice uphill landing. Scott's driver arrived with Scott in tow before I got completely broken down. As I completed packing up we saw a red Schweitzer 2-33? sailplane not very high above the ridge opposite us. He started circling and drifted OTB. Scott ended up landing in a brown colored soybean field that turned out to be waist high. He wisely kept his basetube out of the soybeans and had a decent landing. This was Scott's first XC. Congratulations to him! Back at launch by 3P and it was strong. Joe set up and we waited until 4:30P for it to die down to his liking but it didn't. He broke down to end the day. The sky had some wave going on. 3 sailplanes buzzed launch as we waited from 3 to 4:30P. Bacil
. Then the conditions on the ridge, which were NW cross all the way down to the gap, went completely to crap, going almost 90 degrees cross. I saw Scott get flushed off of the ridge as I flew back east screaming across the tree line below the ridgetop and out in front. Hit a sinkhole that convinced me to bag the idea of digging out and headed out to land in a freshly cut cornfield. Had a pretty good headwind to fight but got over the edge of the field with plenty of altitude. Had a nice uphill landing. Scott's driver arrived with Scott in tow before I got completely broken down. As I completed packing up we saw a red Schweitzer 2-33? sailplane not very high above the ridge opposite us. He started circling and drifted OTB. Scott ended up landing in a brown colored soybean field that turned out to be waist high. He wisely kept his basetube out of the soybeans and had a decent landing. This was Scott's first XC. Congratulations to him! Back at launch by 3P and it was strong. Joe set up and we waited until 4:30P for it to die down to his liking but it didn't. He broke down to end the day. The sky had some wave going on. 3 sailplanes buzzed launch as we waited from 3 to 4:30P. Bacil