Monday flying?
Moderator: CHGPA BOD
Monday flying?
Had a great day at Smithsburg today. Now have an itch to fly high. Anyone thinking of flying tomorrow?
Woodstock Monday
Yall should've been there.
I launched last at 3:15pm (after Adam, Homer, Alek and Steve) into a nice cycle and beamed up to 1k above launch within a few minutes.
A half mile to the north, I found a big fat one to 4200' above launch (~6200 msl). The core was a solid 800 fpm for several minutes. I sure love that sound. The view looking east toward the fresh snowfall on Skyline was awesome.
Too bad I was in the wrong glider (Falcon 225). At about half way to the Strasburg, I lost over 2000 feet in a half mile, so I turned tail and crept back toward launch, finally finding another fat one to 5200 msl. Nice stuff - strong but smooth.
On the radio, I could hear Pete and JR and John Fenner over at High Point.
Later on, the thermals became smaller and more sparse, and the wind switched a bit more west. I boated around for awhile by myself at 3k msl with some buzzards. I went out towards the LZ to land twice, and both times found small cores taking me from 500' back to 1k over. I finally got serious about landing and touched down after an hour and forty-five minutes, arms just a bit sore, feeling better than yesterday.
Maybe it will be even better tomorrow.
I launched last at 3:15pm (after Adam, Homer, Alek and Steve) into a nice cycle and beamed up to 1k above launch within a few minutes.
A half mile to the north, I found a big fat one to 4200' above launch (~6200 msl). The core was a solid 800 fpm for several minutes. I sure love that sound. The view looking east toward the fresh snowfall on Skyline was awesome.
Too bad I was in the wrong glider (Falcon 225). At about half way to the Strasburg, I lost over 2000 feet in a half mile, so I turned tail and crept back toward launch, finally finding another fat one to 5200 msl. Nice stuff - strong but smooth.
On the radio, I could hear Pete and JR and John Fenner over at High Point.
Later on, the thermals became smaller and more sparse, and the wind switched a bit more west. I boated around for awhile by myself at 3k msl with some buzzards. I went out towards the LZ to land twice, and both times found small cores taking me from 500' back to 1k over. I finally got serious about landing and touched down after an hour and forty-five minutes, arms just a bit sore, feeling better than yesterday.
Maybe it will be even better tomorrow.
'Spark