Still hungry for more

Got some nice rides this summer but not enough. Lookout, Williams, Steamboat, Willow and Crawfords all delivered on the occasions that I was there. Villa, not so. And I spent a lot of time at Villa. Hopefully October will be big. ;-)

Williams June 2010

Nice day at Williams - Little over 2 hours between 11,000ft - 14,200ft. Matt, Steve, Rick, and Alex on his new T2. Matt got to over 17,000ft. I think he's one of the best mountain hang glider pilots around. Short Video

First flight at Williams 2010

It was a great day. First flight on my new to me U2-145 and was real happy with it's performance. I would have had some great video if I had remembered to turn the camera on :-(

Trashy air right after take off turned me into the Aspen trees near launch. Almost needed a new pair of underwear for the ride home. Had trouble zipping up my harness - probably had tree branches stuck in the zipper. Air was smooth from 11,000ft and above. Steve F, Rick M, John C, Tim S, Leif and myself all had great flights. I think Tim made it to 16,000ft and Leif stayed up the longest. A fun day :-)

Hang Gliding Video of King Mountain by PBS

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1085337546075

March 2010 First Lookout Flights of the Year

Finally!! Lookout has been giving it up all winter. I finally took time off two afternoons in a row as a weak cold front came down from Wyoming. It was nice meeting up with Ken G. at the LZ. We had flown together all through the 80's, this was our first time back at Lookout exchanging vortices. After launching we played around in front of Lookout before catching the next elevator up. Got close to 10K over near the hog back. Nice.

Next day was almost the same. Timm Rubel and I drove up to launch but missed the first push earlier in the day but got the second one. Up for a while by my lonesome before BJ, Mike Jobin and others joined in . Smooth lift with occasional hang on tight.