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Tuesday, November 01, 2011

Algodonales 2011 Day 12 Cloudbase and beyond

Another light southerly forecast so it was off up to Lijar main launch.  On arrival it was off to the west but launchable off the SW side. Some were going up some were gomig down and some were going round and around.  Bill was first off and worked hard to stay up but gravity finally got the better of him making the others understandably hesitant.  With one car already at the bottom volunteers were required to fly down and Michel, Chrissy , Barry and Nigel stepped forward.  They all showed the Spanish how to take off and Michel showed them how to thermal.

With reports of someone having deployed and landed under canopy near the gulley we did a quick pilot check  and fortunately it was not one of "ours".  A good reminder not to fly to near the gulley.

Whilst car one drove up car twoheaded to the west launch where it was smack on and looking good.  Mike, Gary, Chris and myself wasted no time in getting into the air and were already climbing out as the others arrived.  Pretty soon we were joined by the rest and everyone had some super flying with thermals to cloudbase and good lift making getting around easy. In fact a little to easy for Michel who wandered off down the valley and could not find the landing field. He finally ended up on the way to Olvera from where he was rescued by an unwary retrieve vehicle.  I had a stunning time putting a couple of hours and exploring the full capabilities of the Delta, very nice.

Some of the guys went back up for a second flight having landed in the notice board field which in Chris's case gave him his best flight ever as he flew with a Vulture nearly sitting on his lap for a full 10minutes, guess it had seen some of his landings and thought there might be an easy meal coming!

By the end of play everyone had had a ball and thanks to Bill even Kaz joined in the fun at the end of the day.  With a very dubious forecast coming it was a good day just when we needed it.

 The flag flies again this time at Lijar main launch
 Bill makes new friends and possibly new students for us
 Three stooges at Lijar
 Gary sets off from the west launch
 Mike joins him
...and finally Phippsy

 Quote of the day " we will give you a 2 for your landing" followed by " thats more than I would give for your take off".

  
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