Running a little late, but I'm heading for Highland today.
Heard that DanT plans to as well. Maybe we'll get lucky,
with a day as good as what Paul described.
--mark
Highland Sun11Sept
Moderator: CHGPA BOD
In a word... WOW!
It was booming at Highland! For a stay-local day, I
had about the most fun I've ever had out there. Topped
out at 5200' AGL a bunch of times and was
never below 3k AGL. Thermalled a few miles downwind
(WNW) for a while, then had fun punching upwind and
meeting clouds as they drifted through. Flew with a
sailplane for a while. Continued upwind to Goldsboro,
cruised south along the river, and hung a right to fly
over Ridgely. Put it down after 2+ hours because I was
tired and cold.
Very rowdy tow however. Windsor saved my butt at least
once, somewhere around 1500 AGL or so (saw I was struggling,
and swung down and left to get me re-aligned). I eventually
pinned off at 2200' because I was rapidly diverging from the
tug; it was textured up there.
Other pilots included Jim Lawrence (visting from NY),
a fairly new student (Mel?) who soared for hours, Karen,
Matthew, Ellis, Tad, Dan, Christian, BH-Bob, Bruce, and Barb.
I was surprised not to see more people given the conditions...
Fall flying is definitely here! Let's hope we have equally good
conditions for next weekend's Pulpit Fly-In!
--mark
It was booming at Highland! For a stay-local day, I
had about the most fun I've ever had out there. Topped
out at 5200' AGL a bunch of times and was
never below 3k AGL. Thermalled a few miles downwind
(WNW) for a while, then had fun punching upwind and
meeting clouds as they drifted through. Flew with a
sailplane for a while. Continued upwind to Goldsboro,
cruised south along the river, and hung a right to fly
over Ridgely. Put it down after 2+ hours because I was
tired and cold.
Very rowdy tow however. Windsor saved my butt at least
once, somewhere around 1500 AGL or so (saw I was struggling,
and swung down and left to get me re-aligned). I eventually
pinned off at 2200' because I was rapidly diverging from the
tug; it was textured up there.
Other pilots included Jim Lawrence (visting from NY),
a fairly new student (Mel?) who soared for hours, Karen,
Matthew, Ellis, Tad, Dan, Christian, BH-Bob, Bruce, and Barb.
I was surprised not to see more people given the conditions...
Fall flying is definitely here! Let's hope we have equally good
conditions for next weekend's Pulpit Fly-In!
--mark
Highland Sun11Sept
In a message dated 9/11/05 9:19:13 PM, padamez@comcast.net writes:
<< So how was it on Sunday?Paul Adamez >>
It was sweet! I was told not as good as yesterday but still plenty soarable.
I think everybody who flew got to about 5k msl. A dead vario brought me
down early or I could have stayed up for hours like Mark Cavinaugh did!
Hope you all had a good weekend.
Dan T.
<< So how was it on Sunday?Paul Adamez >>
It was sweet! I was told not as good as yesterday but still plenty soarable.
I think everybody who flew got to about 5k msl. A dead vario brought me
down early or I could have stayed up for hours like Mark Cavinaugh did!
Hope you all had a good weekend.
Dan T.
Sunday was good to me too
Sunday was a great one..
I had my first XC on the Millennium. On my way down to Ridgeley I got a call from Rick that the Williamson?s were towing at Massey and I was invited. He thought it would be fun to fly together over to Ridgeley. I got there late like 11:00 and the cues were already amazing. I was watching corn stalk devils all over the place.
Things move slowly at Massey and I didn?t get towed up until 2:00.. The tow was a lot slower on their dragonfly with the smaller engine but we got there. I found great lift right away and got almost to cloudbase but I stuck around waiting to see if Rick was going to follow me in John?s Tempest. After about 45 minutes, I headed for Ridgeley.
The beginning of the flight was easy but about 15 miles out, the sky opened up and I was faced with a big blue hole between me and Ridgeley. The winds aloft were all over the place according to my vario but primarily east at around 9 MPH. I headed into the blue and found something around 2500 feet that turned into a great one. As I was circling a cloud formed over my head (what fun)..
Made it to Ridgeley with over 3000 feet. It was fun dropping in and having people say ?I don?t remember you taking off today?..
Great day.
Christian
I had my first XC on the Millennium. On my way down to Ridgeley I got a call from Rick that the Williamson?s were towing at Massey and I was invited. He thought it would be fun to fly together over to Ridgeley. I got there late like 11:00 and the cues were already amazing. I was watching corn stalk devils all over the place.
Things move slowly at Massey and I didn?t get towed up until 2:00.. The tow was a lot slower on their dragonfly with the smaller engine but we got there. I found great lift right away and got almost to cloudbase but I stuck around waiting to see if Rick was going to follow me in John?s Tempest. After about 45 minutes, I headed for Ridgeley.
The beginning of the flight was easy but about 15 miles out, the sky opened up and I was faced with a big blue hole between me and Ridgeley. The winds aloft were all over the place according to my vario but primarily east at around 9 MPH. I headed into the blue and found something around 2500 feet that turned into a great one. As I was circling a cloud formed over my head (what fun)..
Made it to Ridgeley with over 3000 feet. It was fun dropping in and having people say ?I don?t remember you taking off today?..
Great day.
Christian
Highland Sun11Sept
Yeah, there seemed to be a lot of lift everywhere on the Delmarva
Sunday. I flew the Phantom out to Lewes/Cape Henlopen into the
headwind for about 1:15, then came back by a somewhat more direct
route in only 45 minutes. Even with a summer mesh motorcycle suit
and light gloves, I got cold at 1000 feet. Wished I could have been
flying unpowered! Congratulations, Christian. It's great that we're
starting to see rigids in this part of the country. - Hugh
On 15 Sep 2005, at 08:51, Christian wrote:
>
> Sunday was a great one..
>
> I had my first XC on the Millennium. On my way down to Ridgeley I
> got a call from Rick that the Williamson?s were towing at Massey
> and I was invited. He thought it would be fun to fly together over
> to Ridgeley. I got there late like 11:00 and the cues were already
> amazing. I was watching corn stalk devils all over the place.
>
> Things move slowly at Massey and I didn?t get towed up until
> 2:00.. The tow was a lot slower on their dragonfly with the
> smaller engine but we got there. I found great lift right away and
> got almost to cloudbase but I stuck around waiting to see if Rick
> was going to follow me in John?s Tempest. After about 45 minutes,
> I headed for Ridgeley.
>
> The beginning of the flight was easy but about 15 miles out, the
> sky opened up and I was faced with a big blue hole between me and
> Ridgeley. The winds aloft were all over the place according to my
> vario but primarily east at around 9 MPH. I headed into the blue
> and found something around 2500 feet that turned into a great one.
> As I was circling a cloud formed over my head (what fun)..
>
> Made it to Ridgeley with over 3000 feet. It was fun dropping in
> and having people say ?I don?t remember you taking off today?..
>
> Great day.
>
> Christian
>
Sunday. I flew the Phantom out to Lewes/Cape Henlopen into the
headwind for about 1:15, then came back by a somewhat more direct
route in only 45 minutes. Even with a summer mesh motorcycle suit
and light gloves, I got cold at 1000 feet. Wished I could have been
flying unpowered! Congratulations, Christian. It's great that we're
starting to see rigids in this part of the country. - Hugh
On 15 Sep 2005, at 08:51, Christian wrote:
>
> Sunday was a great one..
>
> I had my first XC on the Millennium. On my way down to Ridgeley I
> got a call from Rick that the Williamson?s were towing at Massey
> and I was invited. He thought it would be fun to fly together over
> to Ridgeley. I got there late like 11:00 and the cues were already
> amazing. I was watching corn stalk devils all over the place.
>
> Things move slowly at Massey and I didn?t get towed up until
> 2:00.. The tow was a lot slower on their dragonfly with the
> smaller engine but we got there. I found great lift right away and
> got almost to cloudbase but I stuck around waiting to see if Rick
> was going to follow me in John?s Tempest. After about 45 minutes,
> I headed for Ridgeley.
>
> The beginning of the flight was easy but about 15 miles out, the
> sky opened up and I was faced with a big blue hole between me and
> Ridgeley. The winds aloft were all over the place according to my
> vario but primarily east at around 9 MPH. I headed into the blue
> and found something around 2500 feet that turned into a great one.
> As I was circling a cloud formed over my head (what fun)..
>
> Made it to Ridgeley with over 3000 feet. It was fun dropping in
> and having people say ?I don?t remember you taking off today?..
>
> Great day.
>
> Christian
>
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Highland Sun11Sept
ditto! What a cool flight!
Lauren
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Yahoo! for GoodChristian, congratulations on your XC. You really seem to be getting tuned into your Mill. Just be careful about getting carpal tunnel syndrome on that right hand!Paul Adamez
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