19 Minutes non-stop!
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 5:48 pm
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.