Sunday, April 10, 2011

4/9 Rides & X/C flights

Sat morning at 10:30 and pilots are putting together their gliders for the expected good day of cross-country soaring.
1CH, C5, & BG pictured here:

ER, VN, 5KM, 9JH, 6DS and 87R were also in the air.

I gave 5 rides while the private and BASA club glider pilots flew nice flights of 3 to 5 hour duration.  I heard on the radio that someone had seen two condors and a flight of six eagles.  BG(Buzz) & 5KM(Matt & Lisa) flew 7 hours and over 600K to the CA valley and back:



While the cross-country pilots were flying, these people had their exposure to motor-less flight:

Tai & Ming

Clara & John

Brian & John

Alex & Andrew

Mimi & Guy

One of my rides was a Mile High to 6000' over the East Ridge of the Diablos.  We saw two eagles while on tow and were above the clouds while watching the towplane return to Hollister:

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