Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 6:51 am
After getting winded out at Miller (but seeing the HGs all get flights), we three PG pilots decided to try our luck at Mustang. We drove to the LZ and found the wind ok, steady in from the west, so we hiked up.
Andy Miller volunteered to go first and caught a slightly energetic thermal, nicely plucked off launch and straight up a few feet, then working it up a few hundred feet before the thermals reduced and he was forced to head for the LZ.
After a bit of a wait for thermals to build again, John Wolfe went second with a nice pull up in a steady breeze and gently off. He also got good lift and after getting some altitude on the north ridge headed out to the Biscuit. It looks like the glass off was turning on.
I set up and caught a good breeze and got a few feet over and also headed north. But then got some sink and started to loose altitude as John was making a second try at the Biscuit. He started to sink a bit and also headed out to the LZ. I found a little more lift near launch, and worked it back and forth a bunch of times, staying just above launch, and occasionally over the top, for about 25 minutes. Then the wind started to slow down and I slowly worked the slopes down and also headed for the LZ.
So, a pretty good day with flights for all pilots, and finishing with a nice sunset and cold drinks for us PG pilots in the Mustang LZ. Sweet.
Andy Miller volunteered to go first and caught a slightly energetic thermal, nicely plucked off launch and straight up a few feet, then working it up a few hundred feet before the thermals reduced and he was forced to head for the LZ.
After a bit of a wait for thermals to build again, John Wolfe went second with a nice pull up in a steady breeze and gently off. He also got good lift and after getting some altitude on the north ridge headed out to the Biscuit. It looks like the glass off was turning on.
I set up and caught a good breeze and got a few feet over and also headed north. But then got some sink and started to loose altitude as John was making a second try at the Biscuit. He started to sink a bit and also headed out to the LZ. I found a little more lift near launch, and worked it back and forth a bunch of times, staying just above launch, and occasionally over the top, for about 25 minutes. Then the wind started to slow down and I slowly worked the slopes down and also headed for the LZ.
So, a pretty good day with flights for all pilots, and finishing with a nice sunset and cold drinks for us PG pilots in the Mustang LZ. Sweet.