FlyBC "Site of the Day Archive" - October 2008
"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." - from Ferris Bueller's Day Off
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Woodside Report - we arrived just before dark and cloudbase was very low and it was raining hard, not a nice night for "trick or treating". The weekend looks bad everywhere in BC.|
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Woodside Report - a mixed bag of weather in the Fraser Valley. Early on Agassiz had howling NE winds while Woodside was sheltered and flyable, but no one was out and it looked very light at launch. Derek arrived around 11:00 am and helped mow the orchard, while I mowed the blackberries on the perimeter of the Eagle Ranch LZ. | By 2:00 pm, the 30% chance of showers became a 100% monsoon, nice to have a dry shop to work in when it gets wet out. Prepping the Van for a road trip weekend, but to where ???? Savona looks like a best bet so far. Another Women's Fly-In Costume Video - Ernie Friesen's Flying Wine Taster Outfit .
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Woodside Report - I arrived around 2 pm, to hear Gary H and Sean (from WA state) had logged 2 separate 40 minute flights and their cars were up top, so Derek had driven them up and again everyone flew with Derek getting 25 minutes while everyone else sledded down. | I drove everyone up in the Van and Martina flew off, while the cars were retrieved. Another sledder. Bridal Report - I saw a red Aeros wing over Bridal LZ when I went to Chilliwack later, so it must have been blowing up there too.
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Woodside Report - Rob, Derek, Martina, Jason and I headed up Woodside today around 3:30 pm. When we neared the 4 km mark, Al was hiking back up from Joe's. He had a nice 45 minute scratch-fest. | Nice cycles when we arrived at launch, but it didn't look good enough to ridge-soar, but there were some eagles thermalling a bit. Derek took off first and was sinking down. Martina launched next and was also sinking and heading out to the "World Famous Eagle Ranch" when she caught a light thermal near the construction site. She worked it gently and was encouraging Derek to "hang in there, it is working". She eventually climbed back to launch height and Rob was motivated to go now. He launched and was soaring over launch for a few passes while Jason got ready. Derek also climbed back to launch and soon all three of them were at launch height. Jason launched and disappeared and the last thing I saw was a red wing too low to go to Riverside or the Ranch (Bert gets another $20!). At the same time as Jason sunk so low, the three at launch height were soon plummeting down too. Rob's Mantra M2 was doing some interesting gyrations in front of launch, Derek reported -4.5 m/s down and nearly hit some trees, and Martina was also getting tossed around. At this point the winds went catabatic for 15 minutes, so I was going to head down. Then it magically got back to strong inflow, the front has finally arrived! I got setup, kited for a while to test the air and it was smooth and it would lift me off if I braked heavily. So I launched and was soon soaring until I hit the same down elevator Derek was on. I headed to Lower Launch to try and grab anything, then further out. I caught a few thermals but they were ratty and windblown and they were sending my Mantra everywhere but where I pointed it? Not very comfortable air at all. I caught some lift over the construction but too little, too late and I flew out to the Ranch as I saw Derek heading to the swamp to retrieve "Swamp Boy". They were heading up to retrieve my Van. Derek got another flight to Harvest and Jason made it out to the Ranch this time, as Rob drove my Van down. Thanks Rob and Derek for retrieving. State Considers Allowing Paragliding at Fort Flagler By Christopher Dunagan Friday, October 24, 2008 View Larger Map Colorful paragliders could be soaring in the sky at Fort Flagler State Park near Port Townsend under a proposal now under review. The proposal came up during a wide-ranging update to the park's overall management plan. The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission agreed that paragliding could be allowed at Fort Flagler, but only if it does not conflict with natural, historical and cultural values at the park, said John Krambrink of the commission's staff. It appears that paragliding will not cause significant problems, Krambrink said, but he wants to hear from people who live in the area and those who enjoy various recreational activities at the park. A meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday at the recreation hall at Fort Flagler, 10541 Flagler Road, Nordland. Paragliding is a sport that involves free-flying while being a suspended beneath a fabric wing that looks something like a parachute. As written, the proposal would not allow hang gliding, which uses an aircraft with a rigid frame, Krambrink said. Launching would take place on bluffs at the park. Pilots would be encouraged to fly back to their takeoff points, he said, but limited landing zones would be created at the bottom of the hill to allow pilots to land when updrafts fail. To get to the takeoff points, participants would use existing parking lots and hiking trails. Pilots must be licensed and follow regulations, including state requirements as well as specific rules for Fort Flagler, he said. "I want to hear public comment and will consider and mitigate any issues brought up by the public," he added. Mike McIntyre of Port Hadlock, president of Rainier Paragliding Club, said most people involved in the sport go to Tiger Mountain in King County, because winds there are consistently strong enough to fly. Probably less than a dozen members who live near Fort Flagler would go there when the winds are right, he said. Fort Ebey State Park on Whidbey Island — the only other state park in the region to allow paragliding — generally has better flying conditions than Fort Flagler and rarely sees more than a dozen pilots on the best days, he said. "It would be for us local guys really," McIntyre said of Fort Flagler, "because it's a job for us to go to Seattle and beyond." McIntyre said his group has held about a dozen meetings to discuss details of paragliding at Fort Flagler. "We think we are going to have zero impact on the park," he said, certainly much less than mountain bike events that draw large crowds to the park. Krambrink says paragliding is also a spectator sport, and many people enjoy watching the pilots take off, soar into the sky and land. Sometimes paraglider pilots will go to Fort Flagler to "kite" their gliders, which involves practicing control of the aircraft in a wind but with their feet planted on the ground. "We've had dozens of people come up to us and ask what we are doing," he said. "They are disappointed when they hear that we can't actually fly."
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Woodside Report - strong NE winds recorded in Agassiz all day, light at Eddie's Elk LZ. |
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Chelan Report - the wind switched to N aloft so pilots started the day flying off the north side of the Butte. |  Launching off the North Side of the Butte - photo by JPR Some soaring and top-landings by Alex R and Jack, but mostly nice flights into the Chelan Falls Park. Action update from yesterday, Trees:1, Cars:1, Pilots: 0. I forgot to include the Japanese Girl Pilot who flew right into the trees on final on a north approach into the Park. Witnesses said she was in a hard banked turn to final and if she hadn't hit the trees she would have hit the pavement! Also another pilot landed short and hit a Buick. The car was able to drive away! The offical FlyBC Picasaweb Link for the Women's Fly In 2008 in Chelan WA. From The Women's Fly-In Organizers: Hey Everyone, I just got back after a very fun weekend and couldn't go to bed with out thanking everyone that stepped up to the plate to help out and make this an awesome weekend. Thank you to Snuffy and Matt Amend for the awesome t-shirts, Leanne and Iain for the music and other support, Brian Reynolds (who is new from Oregon and busted his butte to help me out) Lori Lawson, Maureen and Ralph, Jan Hughes, Rob & Jaime, John Kraske and those that helped, Tom Allen, Ken Rector, all of our sponsors, and anyone else that I may be forgetting. (Sorry but I am tired and appreciate everyone that helped!!) Most of all, Thank you Amy And Cheryl. This would not have turned out the way that it did without the two of you!! You girls are awesome! Love you both!! This years fly-in appears to have (at least with my tired brains calculations) to have netted some where in the neighborhood of $2500. It was an awesome weekend with incredible flying conditions on Saturday! It was great to have so many people there and everyone seemed to be having a great time. Thank you to our Canadian friends for coming down and helping us out and also providing some entertainment at the party last night. A great group of Queens, indeed,eh? Merydeth, YOU ARE AWESOME!! and congratulations!! You deserve to be woman of the year and everyone is in awe of your accomplishments! Thank you for giving us a reason to throw this party every year!! Thank you to everyone that came and participated in this event. You are all very valuable assets to our flying community and your contribution to this fly-in is what keeps this sport alive!! Every dollar that was collected this weekend goes to site improvement and preservation! Thankyou so much!!!! Blue Sky's (With some nice cumi's) - Kevin Rashid's Chelan Album Kirril's Chelan Report - Mikhail, Kirril and a few other brought down their HG Trike and flew off Chelan Airport on Saturday and Sunday. They flew past Chelan Falls Park low over the water on saturday and waved but didn't land.  The view from the Trike - photo by Kirril  The view from the Trike - photo by Kirril  The view from the Trike - photo by Kirril
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Chelan Women's Fly In Report - the day dawned to a nice free breakfast at the Best Western and getting picked up at the bottom of the Butte Road by Jack, leaving the Big Blue Van at the Hotel. |  Queen of the UnDead and Queen of the Biker Fairies (?) waiting at the hotel for Jack - photo by anon We arrived at the top to see a few of the 70+ registered pilots queuing up for the Green Monster Launch which faces the Lake. a few were soaring when we arrived including the Queen of Denial (Gary H), getting 30 minutes soaring in front of the microwave towers. There were a few dedicated souls dressed up for launching/flying, but not too many.  The Queen Bee (Alex Raymont) - photo by JPR  Spud, the Launch Potato and Queen of the UnDead posing at the top of the Butte - photo by JPR  Lynn the Chicken and Martina posing - photo by JPR It was getting lighter and I made a plan to launch and fly down to the Hotel where a nice sand beach awaits. Then I would grab the Van and head to Chelan Falls to pick up a load of Queens. I just had to make it out there. I had done a Google Earth reconn last night and it looked like a 6:1 glide assuming no lift or sink.  The Queen of the Biker Fairies (?) launching off the Green Monster - photo by CMV I had launched right after a glider I didn't recognize but the Mantra was clearly faster as I passed him and was soon flying over the spine that heads to the Lake, nice thermals off both sides and a Boomer over Lone Pine LZ soon had me climbing nicely. A little hard to see in a mask so it was good no one else was in this thermal. I climbed about 500 feet before it dwindled off and I flew over the Lake for a smooth landing on the sand. I radioed Colleen and others to come join me but it had already switched to the Rocks Launch.  Lake Chelan looking towards town - photo by JPR After packing up I drove to Chelan Falls and got to see our team starting to land. Queen Bee landed first, then Tom Allen with Cecilia (a Kamloops HGer who was very airsick), then Martina followed by Colleen.  Queen Bee on final low, but he hit the Bulls-eye - photo by JPR  Tom and Cecilia just missed the Bulls-eye, but they hit 5000 feet over the Butte before bailing due to an upset stomach - photo by JPR  Martina tried to stretch out the glide but missed the Bulls-eye - photo by JPR  Queen of the UnDead on final but she misjudged due to the drag of her Cape and Evil Dress - photo by JPR There were about 35 pilots in the air over the Butte at this point. Pilots were getting hour plus flights, Martin and Mia were "bagging it" and got 1:15 each, but it was a bit rough as the wind was leeside higher up (they were refreshing with cervezas in the LZ). We loaded up the Van and stopped at the Taco Truck in town for some authentic Mexican Grub before going back to launch. It was getting lighter and less pilots were still over launch. Nicole got bored and top-landed to drive Jack's rig down. I decided it was not worth a flight and long retrieve so I also drove down after everyone launched. We went to the Mid-Towner Motel to pick up the rest of the Queens. Martina devised the theme this year: anything to do with a Queen. We had some interesting variations!  Chiuquita Banana, Queen of the UnDead, Ice Queen, Queen of Denial, Dancing Queen, Queen Elizabeth, Evil Queen, Queen of Pop, Queen Bee - photo by Queen of the Biker Fairies The party was going pretty good when we arrived, but we made it a lot more FUN! The usual costumes were there: French Maid, slutty waitress, various cartoon characters so we were a "shoo-in" for prizes but the votes were rigged in favour of the Seattle Group (I demand a recount!).  Evil Queen, Queen of the UnDead, and Queen Elizabeth listening intently to someone - photo by JPR  Queen of Death and the Drama Queen came in later and missed the group photos - photo by JPR  Queen Bee and the Queen of Pop - photo by JPR  Can someone help me "go pee"?? - photo by JPR  Ice Queen in a classic pose - photo by JPR  Rodeo Queen from White Rock - photo by JPR  Drag Queen from White Rock, getting her nipples hardened by an onlooker - photo by JPR  Queen E and the Dancing Queen from Bowen Island - photo by JPR  Queen of Denial with fabulous WalMart false eyelashes - photo by JPR  Ice Queen with Hippie Queen - photo by JPR  Blind Man from Bellingham, watch when you are thermalling with him! - photo by JPR We had a lot of fun, more Canucks have got to make the trek to Chelan for the last thermals of the season! Woodside Report - Patrick and Miguel started the day launching around 1 pm as cloud base lifted just over launch. Later groups of pilots launched after 2 pm. Lift was reasonably good for late October with maximums of over 3 m/s recorded. Most pilots were able to achieved one or two hour long flights with Alan logging 2:20. Alan probably also reached the maximum height at 950 m ASL and it should be noted that he was in costume at this point dressed as a cloud. Might he have been looking for the "queen of the clouds"? Other pilots out at Woodside included Kevin, Norm, Martin N, Tonya, a couple of HGs, and myself - Rob S.
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Chelan Report - watch for county mounties on Hwy 2, they nabbed me at 73 mph coming down from Stevens Pass. | We arrived to hear Jack, Martina, Chiu, Gary H, Rick H, Murdoch and Jan had flown down and all the cars but Chiu's was at the top, so a retrieval was needed. I declined the ride up as I was tired and enjoying some downtime walking around town and getting ready for the big Women's Fly In Halloween Bash. I talked to Doug M and he and a few other NW pilots also flew getting extended sledders in cloudy conditions. Lake Elsinore, CA Hanggliders lose 30 year old LZ to Developers LAKE ELSINORE ---- A superior court judge has ruled in favor of an Orange County-based development company that was sued by area hang gliders in 2004. The Lake Elsinore Hang Gliding Association filed suit against the developer, Concordia CKS Investments, when the right to use 10 acres of Concordia's land as a landing zone was not transferred to the association in the form of a deed easement. The parcel is part of 56 acres the company owns near the northeastern edge of the lake. The judge, Kenneth Andreen, said in his decision that it's clear the popular landing zone has been a "substantial benefit" to the hang gliders and the community, but he said the association violated the terms of a 2000 agreement signed by the association and Concordia. By doing so, he says, the association voided the agreement and cleared the way for Concordia to develop the property. "It is tragic a way out of the dilemma has not been found," Andreen wrote in the decision, dated Aug. 31. Before Concordia can legally develop the land, the county's flood control district has required the developer to set aside acreage for a basin to catch storm water runoff. In the 2000 agreement, both Concordia and the association agreed that that basin would be set aside as a landing zone shortly after the approval of the final development map. After the map was approved by the county Board of Supervisors in 2004, Concordia did not record an easement, said association attorney, Frank Hoffman. Andreen said the onus was on the association to secure approval through the flood control district for the landing zone. Recently, the hang gliders have been landing on a stretch of beach near the city's vacant marina. On Thursday, the association was told that it is on the hook for more than $8,000 in legal filing costs incurred by Concordia. Group members have said they plan to fight the ruling.
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Woodside Report - just Kevin and Rob out flying today, it looked hopeful but when I arrived at 6 pm, no one was in the air. Man, is it getting dark early these days! | Women's Fly-In Video - no names are revealed to protect the participants. Women's Halloween Fly-in Attention all Pilots, The event of the year is coming up so mark your calenders! It's time for the 17th annual Women's Halloween Fly-In, hosted by the NWPC at Chelan Butte on October 25th and 26th. This year's party will be a blast. Although this years party is being organized by the men, we are staying with-in the past traditions of this event. This event was started at Saddle Mountain way back in the 90's by women pilots. Today, we still hold this event in honor of the women pilots. We will have various competition events such as, Best Flying Contraption Best Costume ( Female, Male, Couple) Bean Bag Drop Spot Landing Chili Cook-off Pie Baking Contest Just to name a few. We have gathered some incredible prizes from some amazing sponsors, from Varios to Hydration systems to Wind Meters. As it is in honor of our most amazing female pilots, the men should observe the following "Courtesy Rules": - Men Drive - Women fly first, (unless a man is asked to be a wind dummy) -Men are to set up and fold/ break down the women's gliders - Men who find areas of lift are to yield to women pilots This event is, of course, open to everyone. Tell your friends, fellow pilots, etc. It should be a great time with a Potluck Dinner/ Costume Party Saturday night in the Pilots Lounge at the Chelan Airport. Please bring your favorite dish for the dinner. Kegs of beer will be provided. BYOB if you are not a beer drinker. I do need volunteers in the following areas to help make this event a success: -Registration Desk -launch assistants -landing assistants (wing folders) -Pilots Lounge set-up -Pilots Lounge Clean-up (this is the most important-they are kind enough to let us use it- let's leave it in better condition than when we got there!!) Please contact me immediatly for more information. Men, Let's show the women how much we appreciate what they do for us through-out the year!! Best Regards, Kevin White (206)387-1682
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Woodside Report - by the time I arrived at the Ranch at 12:30, I encountered strong NE winds on the Harrison Bridge (and all the way out). Jason had already flown and was headed back to work at the Kent Jail, and Chiu was on top securing the carpet at launch. | Martina and Derek arrived around 3 pm, and we went up for a flight, but as I saw them plummet into the Ranch, I decided to drive down to save a retrieve. Chiu also did the same. Ivan Report - our intrepid local hiker-flier Ivan is back at home in White Rock hobbling around on crutches, and glad to be out of the hospital. If you are going to visit bring schnapps (or vodka).
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Woodside Report - Alan, Dennis, Justin K and Derek flew Woodside, as did Rob later. The FlyBC Video Webcam showed clear skies at launch and clouds moving by at a soarable rate. | Alan and Derek were at cloudbase for 2 hours, but Derek went even higher and made it to 1390 meters on the outside of the clouds. Dennis flew to Agassiz Mtn., Bear Mtn. and crossed over to Bridal after some low saves. Rob flew and top-landed just as it shut down.
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Woodside Report - it actually looked flyable a few times in the afternoon on the Woodside Webcam, but in town it was rainy and windy. |
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Woodside Report - it never got strong enough east to warrant a drive and hike to Horesfly, so we waited until noon to go up Woodside, first Martin & Mia, with Gary K. Later a full Van load went up and everyone experienced glorious sled-rides.
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Bridal Work Party Report - a large group of participants turned out to work on the Bridal Road, saving the Club lots of money. | Martina, Alan, Ihor, Martin N, Rob S, Chiu, Jason, Nicole, Alex R, Alex W, Nataliya, Evelyn, Bob V, Klaus, Norm, Robin (ringleader) and myself (Jim) all worked from 10 am til 2 pm, and cleaned and sculpted the cross ditches and drained puddles along the entire road (some others may have joined later than 10 am as our group started at the top, Martina's group mid point, and Chiu/Jason were somewhere between top and bottom). The road looks great and should weather well this winter. Woodside Report - after the Bridal Work, we headed to the Ranch to fly Woodside. As we arrived; Norm, Kelly and Colleen had just landed after a smooth sledder. We loaded up the Van and headed to launch and eagles were soaring so a few hucked off and were scratching as CUs were forming around 4 pm. Alex, Rob S, Chiu and a few others started getting above launch so many were rushing to get in the air. Some sunk, some climbed. I had a 20 minute flight scratching around the Lower Launch area, but never got above launch. Others got over an hour and some were at cloudbase around 900 meters. Nice flying for mid-late October!
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Woodside Report - it was flyable from 8 am til noon, before the monsoons hit. |
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Vancouver Report - heavy rain most of the afternoon. |
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Woodside Report - Alan flew for 1:40 at Woodside, pretty light conditions in fact he was surprised by an assymetric collapse near the South Knoll (which turned out to be a mid-air with a mature Bald Eagle, which had rolled off his wingtip - Alan must have had the right of way). | The lost fawn is back at Launch, as it followed Alan from Lower Launch to the top. At the top it was licking Tonya's face and eating leaves, no mom in sight for a week now. Norm, Martin N and a few others were out too. Boat towing on Pitt Lake - I received a call from Ted that they were heading to Pitt Lake to test the tow rig and Alex R and Greg H were also volunteering to be pulled up. We met at the dock at 11:30 am, and were soon on the water looking for a beach to tow from. About 10 minutes up the lake we found a nice area with launch options 180 degrees to the SW and NE. Click here for Google Map locator for Raven Beach, with nice facilities and camp spots too. Alex's pictures from the day are here. Alex got two tows to 2600 feet and did some great stunts. Greg got to about the same altitude and ragged it out good on two tows. I only took one tow as it was getting a bit windy from the south and the weak link broke as I hit 3500 feet on the way to get dropped off over the beach (the weak link was already stretched from 5 tows but at least it broke where I was high enough). I did some heli entries and SATs but I was just getting warmed up, I need more airtime and less instructor time! The Mantra I flies very nice on tow, no surprises and little effort to keep it on track. It is still for sale (Kevin's unit with only 70 hours, like new. We then went up the Lake to the North End to scope out some other options and it was very cold on the water. I was glad I took my long johns, sweater and winter leather jacket with me. The video from the day will be up on You Tube later, search "FlyBC" to find it labelled "Pitt Lake Towing".
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Woodside Report - I just wanted to share the low-down on a fabulous day at Woodside today . . . | Our usual car-pool para-holic suspects did the morning hotline planning work, and Miguel, Nicolai and I met at our normal parking/meeting spot in Coquitlam at 10:45, which got us to launch (after popping by the ranch to collect any lost fly-brains that may have been there - but nobody there) by 12:45. The wind in Coquitlam where we met was strong from the east, so it was a toss-up to go or not, but I phoned Enviro-Can's condition line to find that Abbotsfofrd was at 8k S/E, so off we went. As we headed further east into the valley from the city the upper clouds became suspect, with a potential haze threatening to spoil our 'soaring' hopes. All was fine once we bailed out of my truck at launch, but strangely it was only we three and Denis the Cosmonaut (who drove out on his own as he had a prior morning meeting downtown and so he arrived ten minutes after us) who were up there. Light in-cycles at launch and variable cloud conditions with a north-easterly out-flow in the upper reaches and heavier clouds threatening from out in the valley to the west, so Miguel launched first at about 1:00. He sunk out to almost the point of no return, but then Nicolia went followed by Denis and then me, with the skies clearing right after we all took off and abundant lifting pumping up to carry all of us up to cloud-base ceiling at about 1100 meters. Rock 'n roll all afternoon, with Ihor and Ian J. coming up a bit after we launched and their both flying as well. Powerful thermals, some discontinuity and discombobulation due to the outflow upper winds mixing in but absolutely stellar late-season flying - but very cool and brisk. Friendly almost-towering Q's lined the ridges on both side of the valley (quite scenic over Bridal area/Cheam). Miguel top-landed after 2:45 (to drive Kevin Ault's truck down - who launched late in the afternoon, with Al 'the Hammer' also launching even later than Kevin but just missing the lift as it was shutting down by then), I top-landed after 2hrs/10 (my legs felt like stumps with bricks attached upon landing for being so cold), and Nicolai logging the longest flight at 3:59. Miguel won the "man of the day' award for the lowest save leading to a rich and rewarding flight while being the 'wind-dummy' !!! A great day !!!!! - Kent R.
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Woodside Report - a monsoon hit around 10 am, and never left til 11 pm, it was even too dangerous to drive on Hwy 7 due to hydroplaning. |
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Woodside Report - pilots were flying into the Ranch from 10 am on, as the conditions were inflow most of the day. | I was working with Marty on his Paratoys Quad and he got his first flight around 10 am, circling around the Ranch low into a perfect landing, despite not being able to hear the radio very well. I went out on the Quad around 11 am and it was already getting too thermic to train on the motors, so we went up to launch and watched pilots taking off and thermalling up. Later in the afternoon it got very cold on launch, while the Valley heated up so the laspe rate was better than forecasted. Nicole got "Queen of the Sky" awards with a 1:30 flight, others had pretty good soaring for October. I flew solo around 5:00 pm and it was soarable, with occasional blown-out thermals and a slow drive to the Ranch but nice flying. Pilots logged 3-4 flights depending on the ride situation and it was not very busy at launch.  Norm climbing out on a highway thermal - photo by JPR
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Woodside Report - a long weekend and sunny so lots of pilots out today. | Marty and Marie are out training on their new Paratoys Quad Tandem rig, and Marty spent the day learning how to taxi and launch but did not get in the air.  Marty and Marie on the Quad - photo by Jason I took the Quad for a few test flights on the Mojo2 L and it flew very nicely in the evening air. The first flight the motor was too leaned out and I idled back to the Ranch to land and retune it. Then back in the air where a few thermals helped me climb past 400 meters before landing. Landings are so sweet regardless of wind direction with this Paratoys Quad.  The side view of the Paratoys Quad with the new light MZ34 motor - photo by JPR Rob S and Robin got above launch for some time around 2 pm, before the clouds came in. But later they were resigned to sled rides. Some folks flew 3 sledders today in light lee conditions. Nicole, Alex and Robin flew off together in formation on the last flight. keeping it pretty tight all the way to the Ranch until Alex "peeled off into a SAT".  Nicole, Alex and Robin flew in formation - photo by JPR Landings were generally very smooth with no wind and pilots were landing at the normal circle and the Stonehenge Circle. No bumps at all later in the day.  Robin flew a perfect final approach into the Stonehenge Circle - photo by JPR  Robin got part of his body in the Stonehenge Circle (his chin guard!) - photo by JPR Colleen had two tandems today and her last one was a no wind, downwind run with Melanie (a German National who did some training hill flights in France 18 months ago and is starting up with FlyBC to get certified). Melanie was shaking with excitement even after a smooth sledder, barely able to contain the glee in the LZ. Another afflicted one! .  Colleen and Melanie on final on the Magnum - photo by JPR  Tamihi Campout in the snow - I called Kevin A to see if he was out flying cause I couldn't get him on the radio or cell earlier. When he called me back he said Brad and Christine and he and Judy were up on Tamahi Ridge camping in the snow. No mention of wings, so I suspect it was just a camping expedition. Then this morning I got this in an email: Hi to all from Tamihi Mt. 7:30 pm at 1800 meters. We just came back from a evening hike. We are now settling in for a hot tottie and camp fire. The girls are loving it !!! Tomorrow we will try the peak. - Brad  Brad, Christine, Judy and Kevin on Tamihi Ridge - photo by Brad's Cell
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Woodside Report - many hopeful fliers hanging around the Ranch today, but all they could do was hike. | Al, James and Matt J were going to try Horsefly and they drove to within 500 meters of launch, hiked the rest of the way and it was coming in very lame at 4 pm. Oddly, the pilots on Woodside Launch at the same time said it was "howling over the back". Paratoys Quad Report - after receiving Marty's Quad and picking up the MZ34 engine at Leon's, I raced out to the Ranch arriving around 4 pm. By the time it got dark, I had the Quad fully assembled and was "test-taxi-ing" it around the Ranch to Rick's delight.  The rear view of the Quad showing the new light MZ34 motor - photo by JPR I later hung it from the engine hoist to test the hang-points, as it is tandem capable and requires the hang-point to move depending on the weight & balance of the pilots. A simple set-screw block moves the strap around the longitudinal axis.
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| Woodside Report - Jason was calling to see if anyone was flying, but I was in town til later (apparently Crystal needs to learn how to drive a standard so Jason can take the FJ Cruiser to work and fly?).
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Woodside Report - Denis and Alan launched early on, while Martin and I were just driving up to launch. There was great lift at that time, with Alan getting sucked into a big "Q" while having his GPS battery go dead right at that time (in the "white room"). While Martin laid out the near valley lost it's sun and with Martin having launched by then, all three slowly and gradually got lower and lower, sinking all the way to Riverside.
| I held off launching for twenty minutes, as I could see another big hole coming. When the sun came out again I inflated (perfect/easy cycles) and flew - but there just wasn't enough 'ooomph' in the sun's power to be able to thermal and stay up, so another slow-sinking experience took me to Riverside. Ihor (not certain of spelling) was at the base, and took us all up in his Pathfinder (now with a clunking sound in right front wheel area after some strut replacement work). Denis wasn't feeling well, so drove down. Alan drove Ihor's truck down and I launched first (Ihor said he'd give me a retrieval ride back up), expecting another sleddie but I found enough lift in front of the knob to get even just above the top of the knob (south knoll). Unfortunately that was the only place that was working, so Ihor and I soared back and forth in front of the knoll for a bit, until the hands got quite cold and we went down. Absolutely gorgeous lighting, with rain cells letting it go on Chilliwack and De Roche while we soared in the sunshine. My flight time 59 minutes. Cool air and butter-smooth ... You know Jim, I had such a beautiful flight yesterday and even though we didn't get much above launch height, from my vantage/perspective point I could 'see' far, far off into the distance. And beyond the valley rain cells of yesterday I could 'see' threatening 'skies' and gathering (political/economic) dark storm clouds towering menacingly high. It 'looks' as though troubled and tumultuous times are about to befall us all (Olympics be damned), yet ever further off in the distance - almost imperceptibly far - I could 'see' that the light of Truth and of reason and sunny skies and an awakened/more spiritual populace with a value-exchange system that works fairly and honest politicians sans present day levels of greed and corruption will, eventually, find their way to us ... Hope is our fuel ... Kent
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WCSC Meeting Report I dragged Derek and Alan out to the meeting to discuss the Bridal Road Project, but apparently the WCSC Board feels they should spend $5000+ on upkeep that may not do any good! | It was a poorly attended meeting with only Robin (Prez) and Nicole (comp Director) attending from the Board, and a few other pilots. Spending $5000 to upgrade some cross ditches and even working past the Lower Launch Spur road to the upper decommisioned part was voted on by the Board and a motion passed to spend both WCSC and BCHPA money to do this work? Who even went up past Lower Launch this year, perhaps two truck loads? Unless someone speaks out, the money will be wasted, as a work party with 15-20 pilots could do this work more effectively. If the club wants to fix a road, Woodside gets used far more and needs work on the spur road into launch. The new carpet works well but it needs to be glued and stitched together to make sure the winds don't shred it this winter. On a bright note: Margit Nance is the "Eagle of the Month" for September for arranging the Parks Canada field trip in September.
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Woodside Report - it was calm and sunny all morning at Woodside, but no pilots? I guess everyone is back to work.
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Woodside Report - while I was getting the glass ready for the roof of the Hot Tub, a group assembled at the Barn to go flying - Gary K, Rick H and Dennis B headed up to launch to test out the gusty conditions. As they arrived Dennis the Russian was getting ready to fly and they watched him takeoff. | After Dennis launched and was getting "cloud sucked" it looked like he was parked and he eventually headed over to Harvest Market. Sometime later the others launched and had nice soaring for a while, until it switched too northerly as the ridge lift diminished into sink, as we arrived at launch.  Interesting sky today, you can see the northerly drift in this picture - photo by JPR Derek, Colleen, Norm and I flew and had short flights but we flew! Landings in NW wind at the Ranch are always different but smooth despite it picking up to +20 kph. As we packed up it started raining lightly.
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Woodside Report - grey and misty most of the day until it really started to rain hard around 4 pm, just as we were installing the roof over the Hot Tub. Thanks to Derek, Norm, Bev and Colleen for helping me build the frame and lifting it into place. It looks marvelous. Thanks to to Derek for cutting some fireweood for the Barn, thank him when you are warming up by the fireplace. |
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Woodside Report - low clouds to the deck all morning, then light rain until later but definitely not flyable. |
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Victoria Report - I don't care what the locals say . . . it rains hard in Victoria, at least it did today. When I got off the 7 am ferry I could barely see the road it was so heavy, but I had to work anyway. | Woodside Report - Derek, Martina and Jack tried but were denied as they felt the winds were a bit brisk early morning. Oddly, not much rain fell in the Valley despite Victoria's monsoons. Wreckage of Fossett's plane, and remains, found By TRACIE CONE and MARCUS WOHLSEN, Associated Press Writers MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. - More than a year after the mysterious disappearance of millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, searchers found the wreckage of his plane in the rugged Sierra Nevada, along with enough remains for DNA testing. A small piece of bone was found amid a field of debris 400 feet long and 150 feet wide in a steep section of the mountain range, the National Transportation Safety Board said at a news conference Thursday. Some personal effects also were found at the site. Officials conflicted on whether they had confirmed the remains were human. "We don't know if it's human. It certainly could be," Madera County Sheriff John Anderson said late Thursday, hours after the leader of the NTSB had said the remains were those of a person. "I refuse to speculate." Fossett, the 63-year-old thrill-seeker, vanished on a solo flight 13 months ago. The mangled debris of his single-engine Bellanca was spotted from the air late Wednesday near the town of Mammoth Lakes and was identified by its tail number. Investigators said the plane had slammed straight into a mountainside. "It was a hard-impact crash, and he would've died instantly," said Jeff Page, emergency management coordinator for Lyon County, Nev., who assisted in the search. NTSB investigators went into the mountains Thursday to figure out what caused the plane to go down. Most of the fuselage disintegrated on impact, and the engine was found several hundred feet away at an elevation of 9,700 feet, authorities said. "It will take weeks, perhaps months, to get a better understanding of what happened," Rosenker said before investigators set off. Search crews and cadaver dogs scoured the steep terrain around the crash site in hopes of finding at least some trace of his body and solving the mystery of his disappearance once and for all. A sheriff's investigator found the 2-inch-long piece of bone. The remains are enough for a coroner to perform DNA testing, NTSB acting Chairman Mark Rosenker said. "Given how long the wreckage has been out there, it's not surprising there's not very much," he said. Fossett vanished on Sept. 3, 2007, after taking off from a Nevada ranch owned by hotel magnate Barron Hilton. The intrepid balloonist and pilot was scouting locations for an attempt to break the land speed record in a rocket-propelled car. His disappearance spurred a huge search that covered 20,000 square miles, cost millions of dollars and included the use of infrared technology. Eventually, a judge declared Fossett legally dead in February. For a while, many of his friends held out hope he survived, given his many close scrapes with death over the years. The breakthrough — in fact, the first trace of any kind — came earlier this week when a hiker stumbled across a pilot's license and other ID cards belonging to Fossett a quarter-mile from where the plane was later spotted in the Inyo National Forest. Investigators said animals might have dragged the IDs from the wreckage while picking over Fossett's remains. The rugged area, situated about 65 miles from the ranch, had been flown over 19 times by the California Civil Air Patrol during the initial search, Anderson said. But it had not been considered a likely place to find the plane. Lt. Col. Ronald Butts, a pilot who coordinated the Civil Air Patrol search effort, said gusty conditions along the mountains' upper elevations hampered efforts to search by air, as did the small amount of debris that remained after the plane crashed. "Everything we could have done was done," Butts said. Searchers had concentrated on an area north of Mammoth Lakes, given what they knew about sightings of Fossett's plane, his travel plans and the amount of fuel he had. "With it being an extremely mountainous area, it doesn't surprise me they had not found the aircraft there before," Lyon County Undersheriff Joe Sanford said. As for what might have caused the wreck, Mono County, Calif., Undersheriff Ralph Obenberger said there were large storm clouds over the peaks around Mammoth Lakes on the day of the crash. Fossett made a fortune in the Chicago commodities market and gained worldwide fame for setting records in high-tech balloons, gliders, jets and boats. In 2002, he became the first person to circle the world solo in a balloon. He also swam the English Channel, completed an Ironman triathlon, competed in the Iditarod dog sled race and climbed some of the world's best-known peaks, including the Matterhorn in Switzerland and Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. "I hope now to be able to bring to closure a very painful chapter in my life," Fossett's widow, Peggy, said in a statement. "I prefer to think about Steve's life rather than his death and celebrate his many extraordinary accomplishments."
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Woodside Desperado Report - many thanks to Martin N, Norm, Rick H, and Jason who all showed up around 2:30 pm to help paint the Barn trim before flying. And thanks also to Derek for mowing the lawn before it rained! | The conditions were probably better for painting than flying, 'cause when we went up around 4:00 pm it was pretty lame. Some tailwind but Derek, Jack, Jason, Dennis and Rick all flew. In fact Rick came back up and flew again to get his flying fix before it rains. Lots of interesting pictures, but I forgot my download cable so you have to wait a day or two as I am heading to Victoria Thursday.
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Woodside Report - Jack, Martina and Martin N were flying Woodside today. Smoooooooth flights despite howling NE winds in Agassiz - Mother Woodside delivers again!. | Dennis B and Rick H flew a bit later and had nice smooth flights too while I was painting the Barn's south side.  The Barn roof before painting circa 2001 - photo by JPR  The Barn roof after coating, 2008 - photo by JPR  The Barn after painting the south side, only trim left to paint and install before winter - photo by JPR |
FlyBC Paragliding Past Site of the Day Reports
August 2008 Site of the Day archives - our second SIV Course of the 2008 season went well at Sale Mountain near Revelstoke (except for a few water landings and minor injuries). Wet all month at Woodside except the weekends.
July 2008 Site of the Day archives - our first SIV Course of the 2008 season went well at Sale Mountain near Revelstoke.
June 2008 Site of the Day archives - a few good soaring days at Bridal, lots of new students this month.
May 2008 Site of the Day archives - the cost of gas is keeping pilots at home and the weather isn't helping either. One good XC in May for me, leaving Woodside with Norm and Martin H and ending up at Elk at 1600 meters before landing by Hopyard Hill. 3 hours and 85 kms later by the GPS.
April 2008 Site of the Day archives - worst weather in years but we flew every day we could.
March 2008 Site of the Day archives - more snow and still hiking to launch at Woodside! But some major airtime for the locals committed to coming out to fly.
February 2008 Site of the Day archives - more snow in BC than I can remember in 25 years of living here. We are still hiking to launch at Woodside!
January 2008 Site of the Day archives - worst weather in years so we went to Mexico and logged many hours of airtime, while it snowed heavily in BC.
December 2007 Site of the Day archives - worst weather in years so we went to Mexico on Dec 29th for three weeks.
November 2007 Site of the Day archives - Colleen and I went to California to fly the new Falcon A-16 Advanced Ultralight prototype and it flew very well. Some good soaring days at Woodside, some folks were still trying to fly Bridal but that is a waste of time this late in the season.
October 2007 Site of the Day archives - mid-air at Woodside caused Martin H some paraglider damage, some great soarable days. The Women's Fly In was a success with the Canuck Team taking top spot for the theme of "Celebrities in Rehab".
September 2007 Site of the Day archives - we re-discovered and flew 'Horsefly' Launch for the first time, some mayhem at Woodside due to tree-suck, lots of good soaring in afternoon glassoffs, a great Indian Summer until late in the month when the rains came early. Derek, Martina, Robin and Diane went to Europe. Kirill went to Australia for a paramotor Fly-In.
August 2007 Site of the Day archives - fun two weeks at Mara Lake, followed by steady flying at Woodside and Bridal, making up for the dismal spring and summer.
July 2007 Site of the Day archives - good flights at Bridal, some mayhem at Woodside from visiting pilots.
June 2007 Site of the Day archives - more crappy weather on the weekends. Some awesome flights between showers as Norm and Thomm flew to Mission on the last day of the month.
May 2007 Site of the Day archives - flyable every weekday, but the Fraser Valley XC Comp got crappy weather on the weekends, although it was student flyable.
April 2007 Site of the Day archives - good flights are starting. Some complete triangles from Woodside to Bridal and back, some "musical triangles" from others.
March 2007 Site of the Day archives - fifth month of crappy weather on the Coast. We went to Santa Barbara for some flights, and to dry out. Some good days were also recorded locally.
Febuary 2007 Site of the Day archives - fourth month of crappy weather on the Coast. So we stayed in Mexico.
January 2007 Site of the Day archives - third month of crappy weather on the Coast. So we went to Mexico to fly Colima, Tapalpa, and San Marcos, while Brad and gang headed to Tenacingo, Mexico.
December 2006 Site of the Day archives - more ugly weather on the Coast. Severe winds damaged trees and property so not much flying happened. Some good flight reports from local PGers travelling world-wide.
November 2006 Site of the Day archives - the wettest November on record. We flew a few good flights but mostly we were rained out.
October 2006 Site of the Day archives - lots of good days with 3-4 hours airtime. The Women's Fly-In was on again in Chelan with about 18 Canucks, and a good day Saturday with 85 registered pilots.
September 2006 Site of the Day archives - still soarable in the Fraser Valley, little or no rain. Colleen is back flying! Some mayhem in the valley.
August 2006 Site of the Day archives - a great flying month everywhere, we had a super successful SIV clinic at Mara Lake with everyone SAT-ing and heli-ing.
July 2006 Site of the Day archives - road trip to Lumby, then on the 8th Colleen spun in below Gloria cancelling her summer plans (but she is recuperating well).
June 2006 Site of the Day archives - the Valley dried out, and we flew most days and every weekend.
May 2006 Site of the Day archives - more rain that ever imagined in the Fraser Valley. Very few soaring flights and even less XC.
April 2006 Site of the Day archives - the Easter Bunny was "run over" on Kilby Road, plus the train wreck on April 1.
March 2006 Site of the Day archives - a new pilot was born, Chloe. We also flew a few days between showers, some long flights up to 4 hours. A few Out & Return Flights to Deroche and Bear.
February 2006 Site of the Day archives - another wet month with some soarable days (2).
January 2006 Site of the Day archives - some flying on Elk and Woodside, smart pilots headed South for great Mexican or Chilean flying.
December 2005 Site of the Day archives - some flying on Elk and Woodside, smart pilots headed South.
November 2005 Site of the Day archives - rain, snow and not much flying.
October 2005 Site of the Day archives - Women's Fly In in Chelan yielded two soarable days before the snows hit.
September 2005 Site of the Day archives - dry most of the month. Some great 4 hour flights at Woodside getting to cloudbase most days. Three crash-landings in the same clearcut by pilots scratching too low, but no injuries.
August 2005 Site of the Day archives - road trips to the Interior gave us an opportunity to rag out some gliders at FlyBC SIV 2005 (Part II). Also a great road trip to Savona.
July 2005 Site of the Day archives - good flying all month, no rain but some windy days shut us down. The Willi started in Golden with a few good days, but one tragedy as Charles Warren perished in a crash near Harrogate.
June 2005 Site of the Day archives - too much rain, but good days to fly between showers.
May 2005 Site of the Day archives - our Instructor/Tandem seminar yielded some good flying. Our May 2005 SIV Clinic had a good turnout, with many wet wings/pilots! Many nice flights at Woodside and Bridal, with some long "out & returns" at Bridal.
April 2005 Site of the Day archives - some great soaring at Woodside and Bridal. Sad news from the US Hanggliding Nationals as Chris Muller crashes at goal.
March 2005 Site of the Day archives - we had to head out of town to Savona a few weekends due to wet weather on the Coast. Wetter than normal according to Environment Canada.
February 2005 Site of the Day archives - some good soaring despite early time of year. Flights as long as 3 hours at Woodside, some good flights at Whidbey Island for first timers, too!
January 2005 Site of the Day archives road trips to Mexico, not much flying locally due to strong north winds and rain. Record rain kept Eagle Ranch quite wet for kiting.
December 2004 Site of the Day archives a dry month with some good soaring including a fantastic day on Dec. 11 where we thermalled for 2+ hours!
November 2004 Site of the Day archives more record rain. We installed a fireplace in the barn to keep pilots warm between winter flights.
October 2004 Site of the Day archives more record rain, but sweet soaring between showers. Many new students signed up and making quick progress. We missed the Women's Fly In for the first time in 9 years, and there was some interesting flying on the Sunday!
September 2004 Site of the Day archives rainiest September on record for the first 3 weeks, made flying difficult. But Alan and others logged some pretty nice flights later in the month. Lots of student tandems for both Colleen and Jim.
August 2004 Site of the Day archives Great Maneuver/SIV/ACRO course at Mara. Jack got wet! Some great soaring at Woodside. Norm made it 68 km from Mara to King Eddie, Derek made it from Lumby to Enderby the opposite direction for 67 kms. We also did our BC roadtrip from Ashcroft to New Denver, and flew everyday.
July 2004 Site of the Day archives the Willi was on at Golden. We missed the mayhem due to work and school commitments but Norm did a great job representing the West Coast.
June 2004 Site of the Day archives Canadian Nationals came off with many great rounds. Pemberton-Whistler Championships were blown out most days so we headed to Cornwall.
May 2004 Site of the Day archives great flying at Woodside and Bridal. We held a very successful SIV Course at Mara Lake, and hope to run another one in August if they keep the forests open.
April 2004 Site of the Day archives good flying in the Valley. The Fraser Valley Cross Country PG Series was successssful.
March 2004 Site of the Day archives Nicole won in Brazil, otherwise the month sucked for flying time.
February 2004 Site of the Day archives some local flights extended to an hour with vigourous scratching above the trees. Good paramotor month.
January 2004 Site of the Day archives Mexican road trip yielded 20 hours of flight and a wet Canadian January kept most local pilots on the ground.
December 2003 Site of the Day archives we flew a few times but it got really cold at the end of the month as we prepared for a gala New Year's Party for 40 of our close personal friends and neighbours.
November 2003 Site of the Day archives windy and wet with the odd good soaring day, not many pilots out these days.
October 2003 Site of the Day archives Women's Fly In was great fun, some good soaring days mid-month, most of the students are signed off.
September 2003 Site of the Day archives good conditions until the last days of the month when it got stable. Most days were flyable at Woodside or Bridal.
August 2003 Site of the Day archives Forest closures made the end of the month a non-flying period unless you headed to Blanchard. FlyBC SIV 2003 was a great success with 9 stunt pilots and no deployments or crashes.
July 2003 Site of the Day archives we flew most days early at Woodside until it got windy, then over to Bridal. Good Golden flying reports from the "Willi".
June 2003 Site of the Day archives we flew most weekdays at Bridal, Woodside worked most weekends. Bridal Air Races had one great day with only two tree landings!
May 2003 Site of the Day archives not a great weather month on the coast, especially on the weekends but a few pilots managed to get some great airtime at Bridal. The Nationals were held in Lumby and it didn't rain!
April 2003 Site of the Day archives rain for 28 of 30 April days, but we managed to get a few flights in between showers. Even the golfers were complaining!
March 2003 Site of the Day archives some high spring flights in early March, but not a great weather month. Still no HPAC Insurance!
February 2003 Site of the Day archives some nice long spring flights in late February. HPAC Insurance expired on Feb 14, so many pilots stayed home instead of getting USHGA coverage.
January 2003 Site of the Day archives lots of rain all month in BC so we bailed and headed to Tapalpa Mexico for three weeks. Norm and Lucille had a great XC flight the first day we arrived.
December 2002 Site of the Day archives lots of rain all month.
November 2002 Site of the Day archives not a great flying month, lots of rain in the beginning and then super stable and inverted for the balance of the month. Even the Savona Road Trip wasn't that great. Looking forward to Mexico!
October 2002 Site of the Day archives Still soarable some days, great fun at the Women's Fly In 2002 in Chelan. Allan logged 15 hours and only flew a few days. Most of the students are ready for signoff soon to get ready for Mexico trips!
September 2002 Site of the Day archives Still soarable most everyday! Some scary incidents at Woodside. Fun flying at Ashcroft.
August 2002 Site of the Day archives More spring-like days with super lapse rates, great fun up-country at Revelstoke and Mara, with some good XCs for all.
July 2002 Site of the Day archives Some spring-like days with super lapse rates, but still rather wet at times.
June 2002 Site of the Day archives another rainy and windy month with great lapse rates, some great flights at Bridal with some getting above Cheam Peak. The Club Cup was nearly rained out but they got one valid task in on Sunday June 30.
May 2002 Site of the Day archives an extremely rainy month with the more spring mayhem, another reserve deployment at Lil Nick and a pilot crashed at the top of Deroche Mountain, uninjured but with a ripped glider and long hike down the mountain. Colleen placed 5th place at the Canadian PG Nationals in rainy Lumby!
April 2002 Site of the Day archives a rainy month with the usual spring mayhem, one reserve deployment at Woodside and a pilot hit a parked car at Bridal LZ, fracturing his leg.
March 2002 Site of the Day archives a few great days days with lots of snow and rain mixed in.
February 2002 Site of the Day archives two epic days already (4.5 hours and 2.5 hours!).
January 2002 Site of the Day archives Mexico vacation shots, some local flying but it was wet on the coast.
December 2001 Site of the Day archives pretty stable locally, wettest December on record, some good days sprinkled thru the month.
November 2001 Site of the Day archives pretty stable locally, had some good days at Woodside +2 hours, lots of rain later in the month.
October 2001 Site of the Day archives pretty stable locally, but great flying at Chelan at the Women's Fly In.
September 2001 Site of the Day archives starting to get pretty stable, more sled rides forecast for October.
Aug 2001 Site of the Day archives Mara, Bridal, till some great flights locally
July 2001 Site of the Day archives Road Trip Month, Golden, Mara, points east!
June 2001 Site of the Day archives Great Month, 3 hours of airtime for some pilots every time they flew Bridal Lower! Some getting up to 6 hours in a single flight!
May 2001 Site of the Day archives Unstable Month, 2-3 hours of airtime for some pilots every time they flew Bridal Lower!
April 2001 Site of the Day archives Rainy Month, not as much airtime for some pilots
March 2001 Site of the Day archives Spring has Sprung!
February 2001 Site of the Day archives Spring is in the Air!
January 2001 Site of the Day archives - Mexico Flying Trip
December 2000 Site of the Day archives
November 2000 Site of the Day archives (great month for airtime!)
October 2000 Site of the Day archives
September 2000 Site of the Day archives
July - August 2000 Site of the Day archives
June 2000 Site of the Day archives
March - May 2000 Site of the Day archives
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