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Scott Michalek

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Dec 21, 2025, 11:51:24 AM12/21/25
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Steve Roderick

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Dec 21, 2025, 12:20:48 PM12/21/25
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I believe this a coastal flying site in Australia. 
Did you get some airtime yesterday at Peterson butte? I just couldn't convince myself to load up and go after finding an ice pond next to my truck 🙃. 

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Scott Michalek

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Dec 21, 2025, 12:59:14 PM12/21/25
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Looks like a sweet place to fly!

Yes, 8 hg pilots flew along with half a dozen or so pgs and some RC's.

It was spread out all day so not crowded.

Mostly steady wind 12-15 out of the south at launch. Not much more up high. A couple hgs didn't make the bench up. Rick L launched a lull and got a sledder on his first attempt but got 2 hrs on his second. I got 1.5 hrs and a bit over 2k' asl for most of us. Several top landings but not me! Super smooth conditions and nothing over 200' per minute, mostly about 50' per minute but super easy to stay up with the many eagles in the area. Everything was super green.

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R.F. Leigh

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Dec 21, 2025, 1:24:46 PM12/21/25
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Its Australia facing New Zealand  
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On Dec 21, 2025, at 9:20 AM, Steve Roderick <skym...@msn.com> wrote:


I believe this a coastal flying site in Australia. 
Did you get some airtime yesterday at Peterson butte? I just couldn't convince myself to load up and go after finding an ice pond next to my truck 🙃. 

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There is hope for us!

Anyoknow where this is? Looks fun!

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Steve Roderick

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Dec 21, 2025, 1:27:41 PM12/21/25
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I am glad to hear that you guys flew, it looked like the weather was going to be good from this side of the Cascades. 
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Great landing conditions down below and then died off for a perfect breakdown.

Scott


On Dec 21, 2025, at 9:20 AM, Steve Roderick <skym...@msn.com> wrote:


I believe this a coastal flying site in Australia. 
Did you get some airtime yesterday at Peterson butte? I just couldn't convince myself to load up and go after finding an ice pond next to my truck 🙃. 

From: 'Scott Michalek' via Pine Mountain Pilots <pine-mount...@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2025 8:51:05 AM
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There is hope for us!

Anyoknow where this is? Looks fun!

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