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The Eliminator to Highway 5, blazing speed, 2 hours 26 minutes. Max altitude 5700'

Just a few more facts and embellishments on "thrilling Thursday". Just the facts: Eliminator launch time 12:20pm. Max alt. 5944. Max climb 1400. Max airspeed 50 mph. Flight time 2hrs 26 min 22 secs.
Now for the embellishments: Wow what a day!!! It was the most dynamic and thrilling ride to Hwy. 5 I have ever experienced! Beautiful views, long glides, great climbs and a good landing spot. Thanks to the beautiful Phoenix for her wonderful support retrieving me. Hammer (dictated to Phoenix)

Hammer,
How about a point by point description or a track log for Google Earth or something? What was your route? Did you fly thru Ojai & Filmore? Us Hammer-wannabe's need to know those details!!!! Don't make me sneak over there at night to install a covert real time GPS tracker in that Litespeed...
DT

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That's making great time!

Planning to fly tandem on my Falcon2; I few my cocoon harness (with my passenger attached), using only my Flytec Sonic vario. Keeping it low tech! I worked from peak to peak in the moderate winds and strong climbs. A couple times I was wondering if I had any decent LZs in glide, but there was enough lift to quell those worries. As I flew out toward Bates I could see PGs on the cliffs, but not where you'd normally expect to see them. The were flying near the oil pier. I had been trying to raise the other hangies that I knew were at Bates on the radio with no luck. I should have clued in sooner to how east the winds were down low. I dropped from the S-SW flow aloft into the SE down low and saw my glide drop off. I had dreams of flying onto the cliff and soaring with the PGs, but alas, I ended up landing 200yds short at the driving range. A fun flight. In hindsight, it may have been easier to stay high and fly through the pass. Hammer had raged off before I launched, and called after I landed to say that he's made his field by Magic Mt.