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James Lee

More options Mar 24, 2:22 pm

From: "James Lee" <jslee.z...@gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:22:14 -0700

Local: Mon, Mar 24 2008 2:22 pm

Subject: Re: CPC: Flight report: up and down at Cliffside 3/22/08

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Yep, Saturday was on the strong side.

Dan and Doug were in the air when Kelly, Tom and I showed up. I had a short
flight and top-landed when it felt like things were backing down.

Jacques, Dan, Doatie, Todd, Brad & I hung out on launch for a bit while
Kelly worked with Tom on his kiting and when they opted to head down to the
river, I decided to fly out and meet them.

I had no problem maintaining my altitude all the way out to the river and
ended up pulling big ears to get down. My tracklog (posted in Leonardo)
shows the almost verticle descent and the brief moment I popped out of big
ears and immediately started climbing again.

The strong conditions gave me the opportunity to practice the B-line stall,
high-wind landing technique. Great way to get the wing on the ground and
disabled!

Flights were short, (less than 40 minutes total) but it was great to be in
the air after an extended business trip.

Tom and I did some kiting (with Kelly coaching) down by the Dalles and I
woke up yesterday barely able to move.

James (feeling older than I believe I am) Lee

On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 9:00 PM, Dan Wells <DanBWe...@comcast.net> wrote:
> It was forecast to be strong but a number of us went anyway…

> Doug and I arrived around 12:30. Shannon and another pilot were in the
> air.

> Winds on launch were cycling from 8-16 with average winds 11-12. A number
> of us flew and it was up and down with the winds plus some thermals mixed
> into make things interesting.

> I had two flights and two top landings. 40 minutes in the air. 1200
> over launch on the second flight. Always at least 5MPH penetration.

> Doug and James flew down to the river. It looked like James had to work
> hard to get down. He can post his flight.

> After about 2:30 the winds seemed to be getting stronger and most of us
> hiked down.

> Dan Wells

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> 503 804-1077 cell

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