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FlyBC "Site of the Day Archives" - September/2010
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Woodside Report - it was only good for ground handling and ground school at the Ranch today as strong outflow winds came thru from Harriosn all day. Launch never even got one cycle all day as it was too stable. | New students Kevin & Sam did really well with their kiting practice and later we were even using the re-shaped training hill area as the grass has grown in nicely. Hopefully, we can get their tandems and solo flights in tomorrow. XC Mag's Turkish Superfinal PWC Report - Read about it here.
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Benny Report - a hardy group of ``hike & fliers`` met at the parking lot at noon, and we headed up the mountain to 3 kms where I dropped them and my wing off and I drove back and parked the Suzuki at the Dyke LZ. | I hiked back to the logging road and started my way up when Al & Rob drove up with Nikolai and Wylie in tow. Alex R, Evan, Alan D, Pecos Pete were already most of the way up when I got picked up. When we arrrived on top in Al`s FJ Cruiser, the hikers were just cresting the top at the parking area. Good hiking time of 1:05, almost as fast as driving up. When we arrived at launch, cloudbase was lower that launch but when it started lifting around 3 pm, Rob launched and was soon surfing the front of the clouds on his Ozone R10.2, as I got ready to launch my SkyCountry Discovery III hiking glider. It took me a few tries and finally I just did a forward as cycles were light and cross. I kicked a tree just to say I did it as I fell off the edge into the void! Nikolai was already heading south when I lost sight of him. Updated Picasa Benny 2010 Album here. Rob and I played around on the Benny Ridge and then crossed over to the next ridge where the lift was strong under the clouds. Good markers those clouds! The other guys had more blue sky so it was harder to find the elusive thermals. I chased Rob around the valley a few times and the D3 did pretty well keeping up with the R10, as the air was bouyant and smooth. We thermalled over a burn pile south of the Dyke LZ enjoying the smell of creosote smoke. Cough. Cough. I headed south to Alan Lake on the ridge and there I turned back to the Dyke LZ as my truck was there. Perfect logisitics. After I landed, Wylie and Pete were packing up at the Dyke and Alex had crossed to the ridge east of us and was scratching his way south on Nicole`s new Gradient XC3 and he eventually made it to the parking area near Hwy 7 (as did Nikolai). Everyone else had nice soaring flights at around 1000 meters, landing at the Dyke LZ in perfect conditions. This might be the last day to fly for a week or so as outflow is forecasted, so it was good fun. Woodside Report - several folks out at Woodside today enjoying the last Spetember thermals of 2010. Flights from 20 minutes to 2 hours recorded.
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Woodside Report - after a decision to go to Bridal, we arrived at 4 pm to turn around and head back to Woodside. It was socked in at Bridal but not windy as forecast. | Back at Woodside there was a nice CU over launch and to the North Bowl, so up we went. Derek, Martina, Jason W and myself were out today. Alan was on Bridal reporting light conditions and at times below launch, so we were confident we made the right call. If you stayed in close and didn't venture too far north you could stay above launch (I didn't and struggled for 15 minutes to get back up), eventually everyone was struggling but Derek and I got high enough to attempt top-landing approaches but too lifty when I got near launch as I got popped up three times. Derek eventually landed on top by coming in lower and side slope landing just below launch. The vultures were showing me the lift today and they were very efficient. It seemed a bit windy on the way out to the Ranch but my slowest ground speed was 15 kph off the bar, perhaps the SupAir Shamane harness really cuts the air? I landed at the ProCircle despite strong south winds aloft, because I am experimenting with the therory that the turbulence is further north in our field in these conditions and it was today as I landed smoothly. We logged about 40 minutes, as did Alan on Bridal. Brett Hazlett's Turkish Superfinal PWC Report - Read Brett's Bloghere.
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Nice News article from the Baldy, WA Fly In - Yakima Sports Article here. They forgot to mention that Tom Chromy got his truck broken into! | Turkish Superfinal PWC Report - See all the action and results after Task 6 here. Confusing results as pilots can throw away their worst day and this changes the scores.
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Woodside Report - there were some launchable windows after 2 pm, but no one was out. | Baldy Butte Fly In Report - Alex, Nicole and Tom Chromy went to eastern WA to fly Baldy. Good flying Friday and Saturday but Sunday got blown out. 
Baldy Launch - photo by Tom Chromy Turkey task 4 part2 the flight from broers philippe on Vimeo.
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Woodside Report - we got up to launch around 9 am, and there was little wind but Chris & Greg managed to get 2 more solo flights in before it blew out. New student Katie went tandem with Colleen and she was soon becoming a kiting expert in the perfect kiting conditions at the Ranch. | Pilot who flew after the students did not like the air, and watching a few HGers fly out it looked even worse later. Not so windy at launch or landing, but a strong SE flow aloft made for turbulence and sinky air. Elk Report - Daryl hiked Elk early and was on top by 9 am, but it was blowing 40-50 kph on top and there were "lennies" over Baker. He radioed Kevin to let him know and Kevin hiked up wingless instead. Unfortunately, later Kevin said it had mellowed enought to soar but alas . . . no wing. Turkish Superfinal PWC Report - See all the action and results after Task 4 here. Brett Hazlett is representing Canada but I think they have his wing wrong as he has a Mantra R10.2?
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Woodside Report - we were up on launch too early as it was hard to launch for newbies (light wind) and then it clouded in and started raining. It did not look like it would clear up so I sent the guys home and went to the US for a package. While I was gone, Annette bagged a flight but it was a quick sledder in no wind. | Ornithopter Report - A Canadian university student has done what Leonardo da Vinci had only dreamt of: Piloted a human-powered "wing-flapping" plane! Called an ornithopter, and the inspiration for modern day helicopters, the machine was first sketched by da Vinci way back in 1485 and never actually built. Todd Reichert, an engineering student at the University of Toronto, made history by sustaining flight in his ornithopter -- named Snowbird -- for 19.3 seconds and covering 475.72 feet. Snowbird is made from carbon fiber, balsa wood, and foam. The 92.59 pound vehicle maintained an average speed of 15.91 miles per hour. Todd and his plane made the accomplishment on August 2, 2010, at the Great Lakes Gliding Club in Tottenham, Ontario. The crew kept the achievement quiet for nearly two months to get the data finalized. Todd and some 30 other students had been working on the plane for 4 years. HPO Flight from U of T Engineering on Vimeo.
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Woodside Report - new students Greg from Watson lake and Chris from Hope braved the forecasts and both got a solo flight into Eagle Ranch before the rains hit. The extensive kiting and ground school sessions yesterday, must have sunk in as they had flawless forward launches in light winds and perfect approaches and landings in SW winds (very atypical winds for the Eagle Ranch LZ). | Turkish Superfinal PWC Report - See results after Task 2 here. Ozone Mantra R10.3 in Number 1 spot with Nic Greece piloting. Hammer`s Delta Report - There has been so much hype lately about Ozone's latest EN C wing the "Delta" that I have really been looking forward to taking one for a spin! Trouble is that they have been slow to ship due to the R-10 demand and any new ones go directly to those who pre-ordered and you just can't pry em away from their new owners. I'm sort of an in-betweener in the weight range at around 108 kg all up and prefer to fly in stronger conditions at over the top. However the designers of the Delta are recommending tofly within the range putting me in the mid lower of a large or over the top of a medium by 8 kg. A few weeks back I had the opportunity to try out a Delta Large as FlyBC had one that needed a little ``Ozonating`` before going to its new home. It was a rather windy day from the SW at 20 + km speeds and a few thermic gusts pulsing through. At launch I waited for a lull and gave a little pull on the A's and the wing steps right up overhead without surging or cranking me off my feet. A little tap on the brakes and I'm lifting off and up into the headwind up through the compression zone topping out at 800 meters with only a few turns. We face the wind check forward speed at trim then head straight out to Harrison Mills Bay on half and then full bar the vario shows very little fluctuation as I use the speed and back to the hill and compression zone I hardly lost any altitude even though I flew to the beach and back! The handling of the wing is very light brake pressure with a new light dimension of sensitivity that lets you know what the air is doing without alarming you with strong feedback. It seems to absorb the bigger hits of pressure fluctuation without demanding a lot of precise pilot input in a calm way. I'm ready to see what this baby does in the rough stuff over the back of Woody and head through the rotor zone downwind fast on a bit of bar looking for the scrappy thermic air on the way to Agassiz topping up under some cloud in some rough stuff that requires some active pressure and surge impute on my part but no collapses and I feel like this wing is able to handle the trash just fine and with good speed and glide as well. I keep thinking that there must be a penalty of lack of speed and handling for flying in the middle of the weight range but for the most part I'm able to stick it into the wind and we move forward and climb as well. I ended up in some very strong wind getting blown over the back of Agassiz`s Green Hill landing at Seabird Island very impressed with the Delta's performance. I have flown a few wings this season: Astral 6, Aspen 3 (26) and (S), Mantra R-10, Swift, R-09, Addict 2 but the most intriguing to me is the Delta. Why does it feel so different and perform the way it does? It looks like just about any other paraglider in its category but performs better than most 2-3 wings making even the M-3 an equal in terms of glide ratio! And as for agility and safety . . . better! I'm nowhere near an engineer in terms of technical training, but I do have a few ideas on what Luc Armont has designed in the airfoil of the new generation of Ozone wings. The aspect ratio of the Delta projected or flat measures the same as many wings in its class but I believe that they have discovered a whole new way of designing a new set of calculations of a much higher aspect ratio built into the leading edge of the wing that absorbs the pressure fluctuations and oscillations much better. And by making the leading edge stiffer and moving the A lines further back with much higher loading than the C's and B's at the back of the glider the theoretical weight point load shifts more toward the leading edge of the cord thus creating both a more agile and stable wing. So in this way the load or weight of the pilot has shifted directly under this thicker higher aspect portion while the back of the glider and wing tips provides steering, control and comfort of the whole. My basic theory here is that the aspect ratio measurement is only accurate if measured with equal loading over the entire surface, and these wings are not built that way. Enough of my own opinions though as I’m sure that Luc and the boys don’t want to share or confirm any of my theories. The last Delta I was able to fly was Dave Edgar’s medium and it was a more mellow day with very light thermals. I was very impressed to feel the better speed and a bit more brake pressure but still very easy to fly - Cheers, Al
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Savona Report - good training conditions with 20 kph from the SE. Both Greg & Chris managed perfect forward & reverse launching and sustained kiting for 3-5 minutes before we moved to the training bump.
| A couple for nice training flights before it got too strong and then on to Coyote Hill at Ashcroft Manor. But when we arrived at Ashcroft there was SW wind and very light, too light to launch or kite so on to Woodside for some evening tandems for the boys. At Woodside, the haz mat teams and wreckers were working on the semi roll-over at the foot of Woodside on Hwy 7, and there was some slowdowns getting over Woodside with single lane traffic . . . but not as much slowdown as an un-named PG Instructor was causing at launch with his students according to waiting pilots? 
Aftermath of the semi accident as we flew over last night, suspected fertilizer spill - photo by JPR Benny Report #1 - Nice day for late Sept. Was having thoughts of big xc looking at the clouds on the way out. But staying up and getting to peak height was a challenge early in the day. Al T wind dummied and got past the gap but shade got him. Then myself and Dave went. Later it got better and more +2 to 3 m/s climbs as I came back from Dewdney. Top landed St. Benny for the first time and dug a drainage ditch. Rob S flew down to Dewdney and got Dave's truck, Ryan flew to the school out across from the no landing field as well for a nice xc. It feels late in the year - Alex R. Benny Report #2 - St. Benedict: this aint little old Woodside. Left work at 1:02 pm, met up with Ryan, scoped out a possible LZ, drove up to launch, helped Ryan lay out, and launched last at 2:47 pm. Flew for almost 1.5 hours. Lift was pretty strong considering this is September. Flew fast to Dewdney (40 minutes) and then hung out there until I got the call from Al that it was OK to land in the "marshmallow field". Alex had done the Dewdney out and return, before top landing. Dave Edgar did an out and return to land at the dike after close to 3 hours. Ryan flew for about 1.5 hours and landed at Durieu school. Al sank out early and spent the afternoon talking to landowners and sorted out 3 LZs, then on the retrieve trip did a test fly of the Delta M for about 30 minutes. The thing that strikes me the most flying from St. Benedict is that the terrain is completely different than Woodside or Bridal. The air seems clearer, and the mountains and air seem bigger. Its pretty spectacular being 2000 feet AGL minutes after launching and seeing someone else another couple hundred feet higher - Rob S See Rob's flight from sept 22 here. PWC SuperFinal Report - WOW! Lots of Ozone R10.2s in goal and in the air. See results here. Superfinal Turkey taks 1 from broers philippe on Vimeo.
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Woodside Report - we got a late start to avoid the leeside winds and a few folks got flights: Dennis, Norm, Al, Alan, Martin H (on the ATOS) and Norm went before I sent recent grads Matt S and Gary P off to fly.
| Then, when I went to setup the tandem after Rob S tried to launch, the outflow hit us at 15-20 kph . . . and never let up. At the same time as the outflow hit, the few pilots still in the air got flushed to the ground in a few minutes landing at the Ranch in north winds. Al landed at Kilby Beach, Nikolai made it to Squakum Park Beach.
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No Fly Report - I had errands in town and stayed in Vancouver as the radar looked bad all day. |
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Woodside Report - it was sunny, and not very windy in the morning and at 1 pm heavy rains and thunderstorms hit the Ranch. Fortunately I was working on the brakes on the Suzuki in the barn, as I originally thought outside would give me more room and light. So I stayed dry. No one flew at Woodside. | Wondering what an Ozone Delta is like in SIV situations?
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Woodside Report - WOW! What a day, despite heavy rains on the drive out and outflow winds in the AM and thru the day, we had fabulous flying. Thanks to our wind technician, Al " The Hammer" T, who flew the first reconn flight, we suspended flying until I got up the nerve and took Jennifer tandem for her birthday present. | We had super nice cycles to launch into but Al mentioned the air being "mixed-up" at 400 meters. Jennifer & I launched and headed NW to the North Bowl and caught a nice thermal that took us to 1000 meters, fully expecting to get hammered by leeside rotors at that height but it was all smooth and no drift, up with some birds. Al was now on flight # 2 and we "duked it out" in the north bowl for a few turns while he went exploring. He got so low at times that he looked like he was kicking pine cones! Then back up again! I got bored of the same thermal, and headed west to see how the air was for everyone else, and we tagged Kilby Beach going 41 kph. The windsock at Sandpiper Airstrip was showing strong from the NE right down Harrison River. We headed back towards the Ranch stll going 41 kph? and climbing all the time over the flats and we had to spiral down to get to sinking air and we had a perfect landing at the ProCircle at Stonehenge. Flight time 30:41 for a perfect tandem for Jennifer. Except that she was frozen. The other tandems started launching: Kevin, Martina, Tonya and Brad helping out today and we managed to get 8 tandems done and a few student flights too and all the action was out over Harrison Mills flats as the mountain wasn't working. Kevin took Mike out over PegLeg Island for some fishing tips after a shoeless 45 minute flight (runners can blow off at launch). Landings at the Ranch were flawless with 15-20 kph NW winds floating pilots in to soft touchdowns, Bill Best's field not so nice as it was much stronger there according to Claudia. Even the birds were struggling to get upwind! Our roving Dutch Reporter - Wouter posted this video.
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Kiting Report - it was too windy from the NE to hope to fly or even kite in the Valley early on, so I called the day and met Joe & Matt at Diefenbaker Park, 5579 1st Avenue, Tsawwassen. This beautiful park is great for North, South and East winds . . . but not so good for westerly winds. | When I arrived it was northerly and the guys set up and got some nice flights until it switched to west. Then we could kite but no flights, so we headed to Garry Point in Steveston as John was heading there and said it would be good. We spent another 1.5 hours there and the guys were looking super confident before we headed for beers at the local pub. Hopefully they can come out and fly tomorrow too. Belated Mt. Cheam Hike & Fly September 4, 2010 - Tom must have been working too hard to get the video edited and up til now? Benny Landing Options - there are a few unfriendly landowners up Sylvester Road that want us to discontinue the use of their hay crops as LZs. The big hay field on the east side of the road near Durieu School is now off limits. The school is okay for now. Address is 11426 Sylvester Road. Please respect this landowners wishes and stay off his crops.
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Woodside Report - after a lot of weather pondering we head east to Mara Lake early and got to the Othello turnoff on the Coquihalla Hwy and turned around and came home. Reports of grey skies and rain there and opening skies here made us change directions. | We arrived back to Woodside around noon, and I took Matt up to launch where he started soaring! We had a few flights and the second flight he had to avoid cloudsuck as it was very lifty. Others arrived and started soaring too until the high cloud shut it down. Four flights today for Matt. 
Matt over launch at Woodside on his Gin Bolero 4 (DHV I) - photo by JPR Benny Report - See Rob's flight from yesterday here.
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Woodside Report - just Pete and Matt S out today so lots of interesting flights into new LZs. | Matt is on his 17th flight and is just building time as he has great forward and reverse launches, perfect approaches and landings and just needs more flights and airtime to get signed off. We did a few flights into Bill Best's (great flight on an outflow day as you get there at launch height on an Ozone glider), a few flights into the Ranch and one flight into Riverside. The last flight of the day was just before the rain came in and it was turbulent west of the Ranch (probably coming over Harrison Knob). Turbulence is good during training when under guidance so a student can get used to pitch control before getting cut loose to fly alone. Brock was up at launch on the last flight, having talked his mom into driving him up to see what he has been doing on days off. Unfortunately it was all sledders today!
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Woodside Report - Julie came back for her solo flights after a few Woodside tandems and lots of ground handling . . . and she pulled of 3 perfect solo flights. | Her second flight was perhaps the most perfect as the radio "konked out" and she did everything perfect including landing on her feet in the circle! Of course I thought I was doing a great job guiding her, not knowing she couldn't hear me. She was flying Steve's Mojo2 and I guess he trained it well cause it got her into Eagle Ranch each time! She is a local and lives just next to Little Mountain and has a 7 acre landing field she says we are welcome to land in, you just have to get across the Fraser River with enough height. If you fly a heading of 180 degrees for 5.69 kms you will be at Julie & Steven's Herb Garden LZ. That sounds like a challenge for Rob on the R10.3! I took Nicole tandem for her 16th Birthday and we were out "duking it out" with Alan, Dennis, Robin and we got to about 1000 meters in strong +4.4 m/s thermals. At times there was also nasty sink. We were in the air for 45 minutes before heading out and Nicole enjoyed every bump and turn, except maybe the spirals at the LZ. We have had a Beech Bonanza doing speed runs over the Ranch lately at about 800 feet and they were out today and we had to spiral down to get out of their way, I am going to have to post a map at Chilliwack Airport defining our CYA again! Matt S and Gary P were out training later in the day and had some spectacular flights, getting some thermalling in in the fall thermals. Gary just had his 35th flight, has about 15 hours airtime already and once he writes his Novice Exam he will be signed off. Just in time for his wife to have baby #2 due any day now. Elk Report - Flew my first after school Elk "hike&fly" today. About 65 minutes up. Nice launch cycles ... Looked like it might be big but the big development was more to the south. I launched and worked the tight gulley thermal on the west shoulder but after about ten minutes I was still slightly below launch so I headed to the northside and east. Nary a beep to Gloria- uh oh. Thus began a nice long sledder to Bridal where I finally got beeps close to launch! I spent another 15 minutes knob bobbing and doing the late season Bridal thing before landing. Flight time 1 hour. And the Swift? What impressive glide! - Kevin Benny Report - Nikolai, Al, Rob, Derek & Martina flew Benny today. They had trucks strategically placed at Hwy 7, and the Dyke LZ but everyone made it out to Hwy 7 for a 14 kms XC today. Cloudbase there was at 1100 meters so no really high flights but they could work the spines to get out to the parking area. Derek said it reminded him of the ridge between Mara and Vernon. I think that is an accurate description and it has the same orientation too.
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Woodside Report - I almost changed this page as it was still raining hard at 1 pm, but then it magically cleared up into a beautiful blue sky! | Then the pilots starting coming out of the woodwork: Russ O from Lynden came to pick up his harness after a repack, Kevin came from Cultus, Al & Ihor from Langley, and eventually Rob all wanting to fly. They had hard work staying aloft but about 30 minutes of airtime was the norm with small tight thermals. We were going to head back up when Rob arrived but it looked rather lame so we stayed on the ground.
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Valley Rain Report - lots of rain here, not really safe driving even! |
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Woodside Report - we started flying early as Carlos got his second Woodside tandem prepping him for solo flight. | He flew the entire flight and was ultra-smooth on the controls, and we packed up and headed up for his solo at 11 am. Colleen and Martina launched first and were soon "duking it out" on their Deltas, as Carlos got into the launch position on the new SkyCountry Discovery 3. A miscommunication was determined later as he didn't think he was launching as I said "we will just kite the wing and if it looks good keep moving foward". He had no intention of launching but the cycles were good and he had a clean inflation and next thing . . . he was flying off Mother Woodside! He did a great job of navigation and came into the Ranch a bit north of the intended flight path but had a soft landing next to the circle, while Colleen & Martina were still "duking it out", as I guided from the top. Trevor was showing everyone how to thermal on his Mojo3! He was "skying out" above Martin N and many other experienced pilots by being smooth and feeling the wing for where the lift was.. He was elated after he landed, as I offered him little or no instruction and he had super flights and super landings! Next item on the agenda was a Birthday Party Tandem for Paul Fehr, a young 91 year old dude, who came out to Paraglide with us. I was elected Pilot-in-command by the others for this honour. Paul is not frail and was very keen to fly, but we sent off his kids: Adrian, Maureen and friend Bergy first before Norm helped Paul and me launch. It took 3 tries to get coordinated but we were off and thermalling with the others. We had an interesting frontal after launch with no surge, but we kept flying. Strong thermals kicking off! You Tube Link from Saturday's Tandem Event with Paul Fehr who turns 91 years young! I had Carlos drive down as it was too strong for his second solo, and he went kiting for a bit, until 5 pm when he got 2 more solos to round out the day and his weekend. His last flight had him 300 meters over launch in "glass-off lift". He is coming back on the 27th to do a few more days when he is back in town. Many other great flights today as Norm and Dave E were also "duking it out" on their matching Deltas, Norm logged 2 hours before getting bored and Dave logged 3.5 hours. Others flew all day too, as it never got windy. Benny Report - Good call to see if Rob and Al were as keen as usual for Benny. Shade got most of the crew. Rob used his R10's glide well and glided out to the sun, missed his second climb otherwise he would have been away on the west side of the valley. I waited for Matt J. thinking I'd drive but conditions changed and we both launched and got up. 1500m after a bit of shade dodging! Got very low in shade at Alan Lake on way south but scraped out. It was on very nicely at Dewdney Mtn. again. That place rocks. Headed west and got a 2-3 m/s climb over the Abbey over Mission. Tons of general aviation traffic out in the Fraser Valley even an F18 or something. When did YXX get fighter jets? Nice to get some good airtime. Its feeling late in the year, not sure how many more thermalling flights are left around here - Alex R
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Road Trip Report - the hardest working paragliding instructor reports a long day but a successful day for new student Carlos from Williams Lake. | I left the Ranch at 7 am heading towards Savona, arriving on time at 9:30 am to meet Carlos and brief him on the day's activities. Next we were off to the Crash Pad for ground handling in nice westerly cycles. There is a great training slope just below the road that faces west and has a 200 meter run, much longer and safer than Burnaby Mountain and no trees to cause rotor. The forecast was for it to turn to SW 20 kph later, so I thought the breeze we were kiting in was the start of the SW winds. Carlos did 10 perfect runs down the training slope, and I then directed him to the Toilet Bowl launch and we went to check it out, but he did feel ready. So back to the Crash Pad training slope, where he got a few runs while I talked to HGer John from SK, who had a beautiful flight at Savona yesterday getting to 8500 feet, but landing in super windy conditions (welcome to Savona). Someone did some logging on the Toilet Bowl slope and there are few trees left standing, soon it will be a soarable slope right to the bottom. As soon as Carlos was feeling ready to launch off the Toilet Bowl the wind switched to steady east?? We waited for 20 minutes and it stayed easterly, so we headed to the Dump Ridge and Carlos did two flights off that side before he decided he didn't want to risk a crash landing in the prickly pear cactus at the bottom. After watching that the winds stayed easterly, I thought the Coyote Ridge in Ashcroft would be a good choice, so we raced off to Ashcroft to arrive to strong SW winds. as forecast it finally hit around 3 pm, so off to Mother Woodside. We arrived to Woodside at 5:30 pm, good traffic thru the Canyon, and up we went for Carlos's first tandem flight and his Woodside orientation flight. We got to launch to strong cycles and we did a quick launch and were soon soaring above Woodside avoiding clouds. We stayed above launch for 15 minutes and I though might top land, but when I got south in the gulley it was all sink and we were soon below launch struggling. There were no thermals left, at least not strong enough for our loading and we headed out to the Ranch and it was ratty in the air, so I couldn't let Carlos fly. But he got to see the approach and landing pattern as we landed normally to the east. By the time we retrieved the XL-7, it was 7 pm, for a full 12 hours on my clock today, but it was worth it seeing the grin on Carlos' face after his Dump Flights! More tomorrow for him, and conditions look favourable for him here Saturday. Someone should call the SPCA! Hawk survived but looked a bit stunned.
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Woodside Report - Julie was back for her solo flights, and we went tandem once more with a dual brake handle setup so she could reach the controls easier. | Super nice launch cycles, but low cloudbase, and we got sucked into the clouds after launch requiring some fast "big-ears". Once free of clouds Julie could fly the flight including the approach. We were heading back up but the gusts on the ground didn't look good as it was over 25 kph in the trees. Brock had hiked up Woodside and we saw him and another glider launch and they were going up and parked for some time before landing at Riverside. It stayed gusty and NOAA said it was going to pick up to 16 knots at launch so we called the day. I started plowing the back pasture and Gary P showed up and did some kiting but it never calmed down enough until later when it started raining.
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Woodside Report - as forecasted, we had outflow winds til 2 pm, and then it worked magically as the cycles and inflow winds came in. | Gary P and Chris U were out. Gary is wrapping up his Novice Course flying an Ozone Buzz (DHV I-II) and doing really well with over 20 hours of airtime already and 8 more flight to get to 35. He logged 2 more flights today after work and is looking great. Chris was out test flying an Ozone Swift and got to 6100 feet today over Woodside and did come valley crossings to warm up as he was under-dressed. I think he likes the Swift! 
The storm brewing over Sasquatch Mountain which brought winds, rain and lightning - photo by JPR Martina and Kevin came out later and Kevin got to 1700 meters before the impending thunder & lightning got him to land at the Ranch. Alan and Andre were flying Bridal but Alan landed early as he saw our strom getting blacker. Good call as when we left to retrieve kevin's truck, Thomm called from the bottom to say it was gusting to 30 kph from the North and just minutes before it was calm!
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Woodside Report - Martina and Chris U had an extended sledder around noon, as the forecast was all wrong and it was sunny for some time today. | A tandem that I cancelled came out anyway around 2 pm and we had a nice little scratchfest landing softly in the circle in fairly strong south winds. The second tandem was aborted before we laid out as it started to sprinkle at 4 pm.
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Eagle Ranch Report - no flying today with low cloudbase, so we started seeding the bottom of the training hill and recently filled pond area. | I had just completed seeding and harrowing the areas when it started raining, so we should see grass sprouting in a week to 10 days, based on the rainy forecasts.
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Woodside Report - we headed up the mountain at 10:30 am for Julie`s second tandem and her first here at Woodside after we did some ground school. | We had a nice extended sledder while Colleen launched Gary P and drove down. More pilots started showing up and we did flight #2 with Gary and a few others before it got too strong windwise. Adrian flew towards Harvest Market and joined the corn-husker Club as he misjudged his approach! Then a long kiting session with Lee S, Gary P, Julie, Adrian and Trevor in the gusts. Then, magically it started to calm down as forecasted and we headed up to fly as it ``glassed-off``. Many experienced pilots were in the air first and reported smooth conditions, and the students all got to fly, except Julie as it was a bit strong for Flight #1 and Colleen refused to land to guide her anyway as the air was so sweet. 
All the Woodside Desperados enjoying the glass-off - photo by JPR The pilots all started heading out to land as they were frozen, and most landed at the Stonehenge Pro-Circle so it was calm on the LZ. It was now 8:30 pm for a long day of flying. Wouter flying at the Dutch Flight 110th Anniversary Celebration - sweet acro!
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Woodside Report - blown out here all day, even too strong for kiting. | Pond is now gone! Replaced by a new landing area as soon as the grass grows, and with the look of the forecast we will have lots of rain to germinate the seed this week. Sun Valley Report - Cumulative results after 2 tasks, winds cancelled the remaining days.
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Woodside Report - we had a few tandems today with some prospective Island students, who were racing thru on a road trip. Sledders with long takeoff runs, but they flew and were excited to get started soon! | After 2 pm, it blew hard and a group headed to Bridal where conditions were reported as ``chunky thermals``, but most flew. Lee S came out after work to fly but it was blowing too hard to even kite at the Ranch, so I got him and Rob to help me move the outhouse to a new location. Thanks for the shovelling and muscle work! The ongoing saga of excavation and tree removal should be done tomorrow, we had some slowdowns with moving dirt as the tractor operator got bogged down. Belated Benny Report - Watch Brock`s graduation launch in the Picasa Benny ALBUM here. Cheam Report - Kevin, Alex R, Hammer, Tom C all flew Cheam after hiking up early this morning. Alex got 200 over launch and soared for a bit landing somwehere on Hwy 1.
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Valley Report - a busy day at the Ranch and at Benny. | Abe and George were busy filling the pond with tree debris and we are leveling the hump in front of the training hill. 
Abe running the excavator and George on the tractor made short work of filling the pond - photo by JPR We are way over budget, so send your friends for tandems and lessons so I can pay these guys! We then headed to Benny for an 1130 am start but as usual we didn't get going until noon as we had 8 pilots to coordinate with. We took 45 minutes to get up the hill in the Mog with a full load today. My right knee was bugging me so I elected to drive and once Rob had launched and I watched Brock launch on his Novice graduation flight, I headed down to the Dyke LZ to pick up the guys and head to the Ranch. More pictures up in the Picasa Benny ALBUM here. Robin and Martina were "duking it out" over the Valley for a while before landing. Alex W and Kevin A were working the ridge near launch, and Al and Tpm C launched last and apparently got 1:30 before landing at the Dyke LZ. I headed to the Ranch and met Gary P who logged 4 flights before heading home. He and Brock landed at the ``Pro Circle`` on the last flights into the Ranch. Sun Valley ID Paragliding Nats Report - Results for Task 1 here, with a few Canadians in goal today on a 73.03 km task.
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Woodside Report - Al "The Hammer" and I went up around 1:00 pm, after Dennis had already launched and were doing the Delta test run (me on Colleen's Small 20 kgs over & Al on the Delta L being right in the weight range). | We launched into strongish cycles and were climbing fast to the north and then Al did a speed run out to Harrison Knob from 800 meters arriving back at launch without losing much. I was hovering near launch and the north cliffs with Dennis, and when Al climbed back too far he was forced to head to Agassiz Mtn. in the lee. I drove straight there over the prisons and climbed out on the face of Agassiz Mtn. Al arrived higher but a bit behind me and went straight to Green Hill under some big black-bottomed clouds, but the lift was all off Green Hill. Cloudbase was low around 1300 meters there. The winds were pretty strong even for a fully loaded Delta and the thermals were ragged. We flew along Green Hill for some time and then I decided a low crossing to Bridal was fool-hardy and tried to make my way to Agassiz High School but the glide looked a bit dangerous so I landed in a hay field north of the Research Farm. Al continued to work Green Hill South until he got blown over to Seabird Island. 
Al over Green Hill in Agassiz - photo by Martina Martina picked us up and we headed back to the Ranch, where Al & Rob decided to fly later as the rest of us stood down. Nooksack WA Pirep - Today was the third in 4 (Tuesday was a bit wet) for fantastic flights from BJ. Sunday we (Roger, Paul, Tony and me) were a bit late to the lift, launching at 1 and being shooed out of the sky by developing dark clouds by 2:15, but the flying was 3,400' cloud tag. Monday, more cloud tag at 4,500' for Rodger, Jesse and me. I only flew for 1:15 before missing an elevator ride back to base, Roger was more like 2hrs and after a complete tour of the valley Jesse landed between Maple Falls and the Campground at Black Mountain 3:35min. Today, we were finally joined by some Ozone wings and had another tour-the-Valley-at-cloudbase day (4200 - 4500) , with Rodger first nearly going over Sumas before turning back to climb to the rock cliffs at the top of Porter Mt. Jesse and Jim W. toured for a bit before heading over Sumas and landing at the Mt. Baker Winery. Nick and Becky both had great flights returning to the LZ in time to make appointments in town. After being hoovered, vario screaming, to cloudbase within three minutes of launching, then crossing the Valley and flying over Sumas for a while before returning to the BJ ridge still well above the 1,900' launch, I climbed back to cloud base but cut my flight short a bit later at an hour, after coercing a cloud to release me. It rewarded me with enough turbulence to go over my nausea threshold, but with no more "interesting" consequences. The terminal sled ride from base, mostly buoyant, but some big sink, was a very relaxing contrast to the spiral dive used to escape the cloud suck when ears and speed bar proved insufficient. Thursday promises blue thermals and light winds - TJ
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Eagle Ranch Report - it rained most of the day . . . but that didn't deter Abe and Aaron from continuing the clearing efforts on the north property line. | 
Abe and George getting rid of the burn piles at the Ranch, making it safer for low flying pilots - photo by JPR What started as a tree cutting exercise has become a full logging and land clearing job as the many burn piles collected over the past 10 years (that never burned) are being dumped into the pond to fill it and we are fixing the hump in front of the training hill. Belated Bridal Report 08/30/2010 - 7 Pilots all made it to the Bridal Launch. It was deceiving as there was little wind on launch but reports from all over the valley were saying it was gusting strong. We watched Kevin fly out from Bridal into the valley on full speed bar and used his experience and skill to safely land. The rest of us waited it out on launch for a few more hours, hoping it will calm down. Around 7 pm Ryan decided to go for it. He launched and immediately was lifted above launch. He was parked out front and to show how smooth it was, he sat in front of us with no brakes and laid back. Rudy ran back to the truck to get his wing and soon was n the air. They whooped and hollered, enticing me to join them. After a couple of attempts to launch in a now tail wind, I was up above launch with them. The air was smooth and laminar. Three other pilots drove the trucks down. We all made our way back to the LZ with out to much effort and all touched down in the middle of the LZ. It was a great flight with smiles and fist pounds all around! - Cheers Jason Paragliders make the news in a positive way - Photos and article here. |
FlyBC Paragliding Past Site of the Day Reports
July 2010 Site of the Day archives - fantastic road trip to Revelstoke for 11 days of SIV Training and super weather.
June 2010 Site of the Day archives - wettest June on record so road trips to Savona a few times. Deltas are rolling in now!
May 2010 Site of the Day archives - nice flying in the Valley.
April 2010 Site of the Day archives - worst April in years weatherwise but we managed to do some awesome tandem groups and some nice flights with Justin, Nicole and Norm flying to Mission late in the month.
March 2010 Site of the Day archives - Crappy weather in the US on my return trip from Mexico. But when I arrived back at the Ranch there were some great days soaring Woodside.
February 2010 Site of the Day archives - super flying in Mexico for the FlyBC Mexican Tours. Good XCs. The locals were already flying at Mother Woodside back in BC due to the warm weather!
January 2010 Site of the Day archives - nice flying in Mexico for the FlyBC Mexican Tours. Good XCs.
December 2009 Site of the Day archives - our first time in Mexico for a full December and we flew everyday. 40-50 km XCs from Tapalpa.
November 2009 Site of the Day archives - very few flights as we had record rains and high winds.
October 2009 Site of the Day archives - Women's Fly-In in Chelan WA with the Barbie Theme, took first place honours again! More good soaring flights of 2 hours plus on special days.
September 2009 Site of the Day archives - more decent flying weather with a few road trips to escape wind by heading to Savona.
August 2009 Site of the Day archives - best flying conditions in years with little rain. My first hike up Cheam with pals went well.
July 2009 Site of the Day archives - the FlyBC SIV in Revelstoke was a blast, 280 SIV flights and only one wet pilot intentionally that is. Jeremy wished he had landed in the water.
June 2009 Site of the Day archives - dry all month locally so lots of flying, Al has been test flying the new ShotGun launch near Stave Lake having great flights out to Woodside.
May 2009 Site of the Day archives - local flying is getting great with nice XC's! Bridal was working well. The new bathroom was installed in the Barn at Eagle Ranch enriching the FlyBC experience.
April 2009 Site of the Day archives - we escaped the local weather by flying in New Zealand for 3 weeks. We will be heading back soon!
March 2009 Site of the Day archives - we were flying locally in snow, relying on Derek's sleds and chains on the 'Mog to get up Woodside.
February 2009 Site of the Day archives - the Worlds PG Championships in Mexico was hard work for the Canucks, the tasks and speeds were unreal.
January 2009 Site of the Day archives - Manzanillo, Mexico was a BLAST, many new sites flown and we have a new tour Destination for 2010.
December 2008 Site of the Day archives - the annual FlyBC Christmas Party was a cold success with Head over Heels entertaining us all night. And we left early for Manzanillo, Mexico on Dec 28th.
November 2008 Site of the Day archives - some soaring between rain storms, and it was pretty dry in Agassiz.
October 2008 Site of the Day archives - we went ot the Women's Fly In on Chelan for the annual Halloween Costume Fly-In, great conditions there to offset the wet month on the West Coast. Steve Fosset's crash site was found in Nevada after a year of searching.
September 2008 Site of the Day archives - great student conditions at Woodside and Bridal all month, with 10 students getting signed off this month, a record.
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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