Sunday, October 7, 2012

Panoche Gliderpalooza

We ran a satellite operation out of a dirt strip in the Panoche Valley 35 miles ESE of Hollister for a weekend event attended by BASA club members with 3 of their gliders(2-2 place and 1 single) together with 3 private pilots and their sailplanes.  I gave a ride in our 2-32 to Harmon, the father of a man whom I had given a ride to at a previous event and was now taking flying lessons.

Here's Harmon in the front seat:



 Looking down at the little dirt strip:


At the end of the day's flying, there was a Bar-B-Que at the Panoche Inn just a short walk to the main road.  This is a pic of the gliders tied down for the night under the full moon:

The next day everyone flew again.  Here's a launch as seen from the road to Mercy Hot Springs:


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