19 Minutes non-stop!

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19 Minutes non-stop!

Postby gracecab » Sat Mar 28, 2015 5:48 pm

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If you are going up... turn.
Saturday, March 28, 2015

Brought my dad up with me to watch for the day. We got to an empty Skyport (I actually drove by it because I didn't recognize it without any cars!) and walked the launch. We got up to EJ with the e Van and a few other cars, and parked. 11:00ish. A few peeps were launching as we arrived, and went down pretty fast from top.

We had about 9 PGs today, then later saw 2 or 3 deltas. A few were able to stay up pretty ok, but no one stayed up longer than i wanna say 35-40 minutes... Marty got the highest, after using the RR, which not many others attempted.

I really missed the thermal I should have had over the TIT. It felt like fishing... and mine got away. See attached photo for diagram of where i gain 200 feet with no turning...lol... then started turning in nothing (fortunately kept 0's)... of course I had my vario off, that didn't help there.

All in all, short trip better than no trip, and I got to practice big ears and some wingovers again...lightly. Good times.
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