Flight report: Bingen 10-25-12

[Dan Wells]

John Benedict and I launched around 2:00 PM along with a new pilot, Chris from Portland.  Nice to get out in the sunshine after a week of mostly rain in Portland.  Light west winds, sunshine and very weak thermals gave us 30-45 minute flights surfing at the point and catching those monster 100 fpm thermals coming off the parking lot of the new building under construction west of the inlet. 

 

It’s been a while since I have flown at Bingen. Lots of new construction going on.  The grass field across from the park is now gravel and mostly occupied by trailers and there seem to be lots more construction planned from the work being done on the roads.  The attached picture shows some of the changes.

 

 

Dan Wells

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[Steed family]

Yikes, we didn't do a very good job of securing the LZ, did we?
 

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From: danb...@comcast.net
To: CP...@Googlegroups.com
Subject: CPC: Flight report: Bingen 10-25-12
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:13:52 -0700

[Steve Roti]

The land next to the Bingen marina has been zoned as a business park for as long as I remember.

http://www.portofklickitat.com/facilities/bpbp/

Steve

[Dan Wells]

The economic recovery seems to be well underway in Bingen. Still plenty of landing areas besides the park. 

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Dan Wells

[Steve Forslund]

 This new construction next to the lz will ruin the lz for landing hangs on windy days and not make it fun for paragliders. It also takes away options during your final. There was already plenty of turbulence from the nearby buildings in certain conditions.

SF