More Local Fun

After bailing on a series of successively less grandiose (uncharted Nevada XC adventure, no, how about Wolf/Sweetwater for a couple of days, no, maybe an overnighter to McLure....)plans for the weekend, I ended up at Ed Levin Saturday. The blips were actually pretty lousy( no lapse rate), but the wind was expected to be moderately strong from SW. Karl, Doug H., Alan and myself drove up, launched pretty early (11:30?), ended up having a blast. Flew for just a bit over an hour, but had several low-ish saves, one from ~400 agl and back up to 3K. Conditions were just about perfect for my skill level, clearly soarable, but challenging enough to make it feel like an accomplishment. And the drivetime/ fly time ratio was right. Couldn't ask for more.

Swoopin in at McClure

This was from a while back but I just came across it. Not exactly textbook, but it worked out.

Local Glory Days

A stalled low-pressure system provided several days of good-to-great soaring conditions. Flew a couple of hours from Levin Friday, including a golden eagle, and 3 hrs from Mission the next day. Flew down to Levin LZ that day and almost sank out, but managed to get back up, toplanded several times at Mission. John Taylor was out for his 2nd? flight at Mission, Ryan flew his new Litespeed for the first time, it was just a gorgeous day and everyone had a blast.