Plowshare

[Lspeed5]

Hello, I'm new to the area drove for some a while back and a site up here in Santa maria came up in conversation. Plowshare, can someone tell me a little more about it? Wind direction,LZ's,speed,skill. It looks like on Google Earth a westerly site with the intentions of going over the back. Thanks Jeff

[John Fritsche]

For decent, pretty accurate general info. on Plowshare, look at the site info. on slosa.net and topaflyers.com. It is a great but somewhat fickle site. You also have to know where not to land; I got mildly chewed-out the last time I flew there after landing in a spot that I thought was OK. To the best of my knowledge, it gets little to no use in winter; it's just not "on" now. I'm not even sure if the road is open in winter. Spring is the best time of year; I've also heard of pilots doing well there in early summer and in fall (but not this late in fall).