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

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Dan Wells

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Mar 23, 2008, 12:00:26 AM3/23/08

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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.

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James Lee

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Mar 24, 2008, 2:22:14 PM3/24/08

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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.