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Bill's Hill |
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| pilot | airtime, alt gain, xc | link to report |
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| Cragin | report | |
| Matthew | report | |
| Brian Hardwick, Greg DeWolf, Dan Tomlinson, Karen, Dave Johnson, Carlos Weill, Kelvin, Marc Fink, L.E. and Ben Herrick, Marlin Savell, Pete Drescher | ||
Redwing, NJ |
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| Mike Balk | 4300' | |
| Tom McG | 2 flights | |
| Judy | 2 flights, :15, :20 |
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Towfarm |
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| pilot | airtime, alt gain, xc | link to report |
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| Geoff Mumford, Judy McCarty, Marc Fink, Mike Balk, Mike Chevalier, Steve Kinsley, Steve Turner; Tom McGowan, Doug Wakefield, Christy Huddle, Mike Buckley, PA pilots, others | ||
| chga Saturday at Bill's Sun, 2 Aug 1998 11:10:38 -0400 Cragin Shelton |
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Great day of beautiful weather at Bill's. Not much lift to work with, but a
fun day. Lots of sleds.
I got one extended sled and one straight sled. I'll log 10 minutes for
the two combined. Good launches, easy approaches and clean landings.
Launch was interesting. I have never seen so many pilots use so much of
the hill before getting airborne.
Other pilots up included Brian Hardwick, Greg DeWolf, Dan Tomlinson,
Matthew & Karen, Dave Johnston, Carlos Weil (welcome back to the air after
a long absence!), Kelvin Pierce, Marc Fink (one flight each on hang glider
and paraglider), LE, Ben, and another ParaBagger (sorry I missed the name),
and another pilot I missed the name on (Melvon? Myron? hmmm).
Special thanks for Brian, Shelly, and Sarah for taking a carload of
stranded pilots back to launch at the end of the day to get vehicles. I
know they really wanted to hit the road and get home.
Thanks to Matthew and Karen for setting out the wind sock. It helped on
a few landings when the wind shifted. Matthew gets credit for the most
entertaining landing at the end of the day... ask him about it! Matt, do
you really like the Fusion better than the Ultra Sport?
Cragin
| RE: chga Saturday at Bill's Mon, 3 Aug 1998 Matthew.Graham |
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............. and another ParaBagger (sorry I missed the name),
and another pilot I missed the name on (Melvon? Myron?
hmmm).............
Thanks to Matthew and Karen for setting out the wind sock. It helped on a few landings when the wind shifted. Matthew gets credit for the most entertaining landing at the end of the day... ask him about it! Matt, do you really like the Fusion better than the Ultra Sport?
Cragin
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Craig,
The other HG pilot was Marlin Savell. The PG pilot was Pete
Drescher. In addition to a bunch of us testing out Joe's Fusion (me,
Dan, Brian H., Craig and Dave Johnson). Dan and I swapped gliders for a
flight. Dan had warned me that his sail was really tight and that there
wasn't much, if any, announcement of the time to flare. I ended up on a
downhill portion for the last part of the flight. And as downhill
landings go, I thought it was pretty damn good. I ran it out until the
glider gently dropped onto my shoulders, the nose never tipped over, I
stayed on my feet and the base tube never touched the ground. The fact
that my feet weren't actually touching the ground for a good portion of
the run I think is entirely insignificant.
As to Joe's Fusion, I prefer my Ultrasport. The handling of the
Fusion is a little too stiff for me. I think Dan had a similar
experience. It was also quite a lot of fun watching the H2s fly the
Fusion. What did you think of it Craig???
Mike C. picked the Fusion up from me on Sunday to take to the
tow farm. I can't wait to hear everyone's flying stories. Rumor has it
that Mike Buckley had his first XC flight on Joe's Fusion.
Matthew (gonna make it to the tow farm one of these days, of Karen and Matthew)
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