Southern Arizona Hang Glider Association"A" Mountain HG Tuesday?
Moderators:ioan, John Wolfe, aaroncromer, jlowery
The 48-hour forecast has it south and ssw 10-20 on Tuesday between 10AM and 1PM. Maybe an "A" window?
A Mt 22 Dec 10am
We met in the LZ ,Raf and I ,John was already on launch!
Conditions looked good South wind at 10 to 12- in the LZ.
I helped John launch around- 11:00am. The wind was already shifting SSW 15 to 18. He made a pass to the east and turned back at the cliff to find sink.
Raf took a look at the wind conditions SSW 18 gusting to 20 and decided he could fly another day. It was not a great time for your first A Mt flight!
I launched with Rafael`s help around 11:15. The wind was crossing SSW- but good lift. I crossed to Tumamock and got a grand over in front of the observatory. Flew a few passes back to the launch and returned to Tumamock. Had a bunch of soaring birds to fly with! The front came in and the lift got real good ! I had to work at staying under the ceiling! At one point I flew out to Cholla and 22nd street 1.5K over. Rafael folded up and once I saw him driving down I headed out to land. The thing is the lift was strong and the wind was shifting SW- I don`t like the rotor that set`s up over that LZ, in a SW! So I flew out in front to the I-19 overpass and landed in a field there. Lift most of the way!
The A sure can be FUN!!!
Eric
We met in the LZ ,Raf and I ,John was already on launch!
Conditions looked good South wind at 10 to 12- in the LZ.
I helped John launch around- 11:00am. The wind was already shifting SSW 15 to 18. He made a pass to the east and turned back at the cliff to find sink.
Raf took a look at the wind conditions SSW 18 gusting to 20 and decided he could fly another day. It was not a great time for your first A Mt flight!
I launched with Rafael`s help around 11:15. The wind was crossing SSW- but good lift. I crossed to Tumamock and got a grand over in front of the observatory. Flew a few passes back to the launch and returned to Tumamock. Had a bunch of soaring birds to fly with! The front came in and the lift got real good ! I had to work at staying under the ceiling! At one point I flew out to Cholla and 22nd street 1.5K over. Rafael folded up and once I saw him driving down I headed out to land. The thing is the lift was strong and the wind was shifting SW- I don`t like the rotor that set`s up over that LZ, in a SW! So I flew out in front to the I-19 overpass and landed in a field there. Lift most of the way!
The A sure can be FUN!!!
Eric