A post frontal day in August, low cloud bases but good lift all day. 15 pilots showed up but only 5 launched as cycles died from over development of clouds turning off the thermal engine, the sun. I launched first at 1 as soon as I was setup but it took another hour to get to cloudbase of 8800'. Here's the pics. taken from a gopro hero 3 black video to be edited later, Now in order!
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Setup and ready to fly!!
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| Here we go! |
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| Total commitment!! |
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| End of ramp and away!! |
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| St. John Launch Flyby, people on ramp. |
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| The paragliders were having a flyin at Potato Hill |
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| Paragliders |
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| Wispies over St. John at 8800'. |
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| Looking up range over the back on glide toward Felkner Ridge |
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| Red Mt. Climbout to 6500'. |
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| Over Red Mt. toward Paskenta |
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| Looking back toward Red Mt. west of Paskenta |
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| Paskenta from the west 30 miles out |
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| Happy Valley from 7500' west of Anderson |
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| Lake Shasta from NW. of Redding |
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| Sundial Bridge blowup from Sony RX-100 Downtube cam |
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| LZ, with streamer hitting ground next to bush, wind was 7 to 10 straight south from the Hwy. |
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| Flaring the wing to stop, landing gear down. |
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| Let her fall into my arms |
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| Sweet landing next to Hwy 299 at 7pm |
A perfect day. Thanks to everyone who helped make it happen!!
