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Brownsville Tuesday |
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| pilot | airtime, alt gain, xc | link to report |
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| Doug R | checked it out | report |
| Jeff Shriner | 8-10 pg tows, 2300' | report |
| Brian Stoltzfus | powered pg flights | |
| Judy | watched and helped | |
| wrhgc tuesday Tue, 12 Jun 2001 21:16:34 -0400 Doug Rogers |
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Stopped by to check out the towing operation in Brownsville Pa. I got there a little late, seems it was a longer ride than I thought on the mountain bike sure wish I would have had Jim's recumbent instead. Jeff Shriner had just landed from an outstanding flight. After releasing at 400' he drifted down to 200' agl then hooked a good one and took it to 2300', pretty awesome save! I had missed all the towing but Brian was kind enough to demonstrate his powered paraglider, pretty impressive climb rate. They are using an old Hondamatic motorcycle, looks like maybe a 250 or 500? as the stationary winch system, looks interesting.
Doug.
note - it's a Hondamatic 400 -- Brian
| wrhgc Tuesday Towing Pics from Brownsville, PA Wed, 13 Jun 2001 20:56:33 -0700 Jeff Shriner |
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Not a bad day at Brownsville, best flight was 35 minutes from a tow to 350' went down to 200' and found a thermal that got me to 2.3k. Great day again Brian. Thanks, Jeff Shriner |
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