Saturday's flying Black Hawk westbound

[Tony Deleo]

Weather permitting Fast Eddie and I will be headed to Black Hawk. Looks like it is going to have east to southeast flow all the way to coast. Will leave Ventura at 7:00 a.m.

Tony Deleo
805 701-3619

[dteal]

So......how was it?
DT

[BobA]

Well, it is a Big Air site with all the excitement along with...that said, Chris Smith and Chippy flew to Kagel, Diablo and I made triple digits to Quail Lake and Neenach...the lift over the flats was killer...to 15.8k

Strong on launch...12-20+ out of the East...made it difficult to connect...I opted to turn down wind once low and milk an area of lift drifting fast at the base of the mtns...covered much distance low over not so forgiving terrain...it was rock and roll in ridge lift - thermal mix on East faces...then scrub off downwind hoping to get higher...

Several PGS opted not to fly. Jonathon ridge lifted up above launch but didn't connect later when low again. John Hesh missed a cloud street by a couple of miles in Apple Valley...

Many Thanks to Fast Eddy, Ron, and Bob for making it a safe launch !

[Southside]

Strong on launch...12-20+ out of the East...made it difficult to connect...I opted to turn down wind once low and milk an area of lift drifting fast at the base of the mtns...covered much distance low over not so forgiving terrain...

Nice flight! Did the first part of it look anything like this?

[BobA]

Not quite, I hugged the mtns first, then went off into the flats. I posted it in Leonardo: http://www.paraglidingforum.com/leonardo/flight/221605

You can get the Google Earth view from this site, just click on "Google" near upper right under "Flight File," pick the top KMZ version, then open.

Thanks for the weather call John !!!