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Real Pilots Don't Need Engines: August 2011
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Real Pilots Don't Need Engines. Matt's Soaring Flight Log. Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.". Tuesday, August 30, 2011. Ace signed up as the Yosemite Hang Gliding Monitor for this extended weekend in late August. Ace is up bright and early (almost), waiting to sign in pilots at Glacier Point. He allowed me to wire a few of them off, on the first day. Cocktails and appetizers are s...
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Real Pilots Don't Need Engines: August 2010
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Real Pilots Don't Need Engines. Matt's Soaring Flight Log. Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.". Sunday, August 29, 2010. Atypical August at Diablo. Post frontal conditions in late August at Mount Diablo. Atypical? Apparently not for 2010. Gerry, Bob and I have to check out this blessing, so off the Towers Launch under some nicely developing clouds. Bob and I climbing below a big Q.
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Real Pilots Don't Need Engines: November 2011
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Real Pilots Don't Need Engines. Matt's Soaring Flight Log. Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.". Saturday, November 19, 2011. After a pretty darn good landing I tell him . it's time . your going solo. He looks a little nervous, but I suppose that's natural. Ace brings her home after a 2.1 hour flight in cold air over the foothills. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Real Pilots Don't Need Engines: May 2010
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Real Pilots Don't Need Engines. Matt's Soaring Flight Log. Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.". Friday, May 28, 2010. A typical late May day would involve lift over the mountains, either high cloud bases or blue sky and an unsoarable, inverted valley. Today however, after yet ANOTHER. Well, I'll play what I'm dealt so here's takeoff in "Juliet Hotel" for some low valley soaring.
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Real Pilots Don't Need Engines: Running Deep Up The Mendos
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Real Pilots Don't Need Engines. Matt's Soaring Flight Log. Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.". Saturday, August 20, 2011. Running Deep Up The Mendos. With a fresh BFR in my pocket and low pressure overhead this mid-August day looks pretty good, so I jump on tow in "JH" and head for the Mountains. It's the middle of summer and some patches of snow still hang on to Snow Mountain.
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Real Pilots Don't Need Engines: March 2011
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Real Pilots Don't Need Engines. Matt's Soaring Flight Log. Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.". Monday, March 28, 2011. Lately life has been, work . rain . a sled ride . more work . more rain . ect. Saturday, March 5, 2011. Catching Wave and Some Irony. Lets see, heres a small burble, time to work. Then all of a sudden. BAM . real wave, the vario sings and I rise above the c...More ...
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Real Pilots Don't Need Engines: November 2010
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Real Pilots Don't Need Engines. Matt's Soaring Flight Log. Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.". Tuesday, November 30, 2010. A Fun Way To Sled. The atmosphere looked especially stable at Mount Diablo today. A sledder wasn't going to take away my fun, so I punched off Juniper Launch. Burning Up a Sled Ride. Monday, November 29, 2010. Wintertime at Mount Diablo. A forecast of postfront...
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Real Pilots Don't Need Engines: Ace Goes Solo
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Real Pilots Don't Need Engines. Matt's Soaring Flight Log. Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.". Saturday, November 19, 2011. After a pretty darn good landing I tell him . it's time . your going solo. He looks a little nervous, but I suppose that's natural. Ace brings her home after a 2.1 hour flight in cold air over the foothills. November 20, 2011 at 8:55 PM. Images by Teri Epperson.
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Real Pilots Don't Need Engines: December 2010
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Real Pilots Don't Need Engines. Matt's Soaring Flight Log. Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.". Thursday, December 30, 2010. 2010 - A Year in the Life of Soaring. Today is my last chance to visit the sky in 2010 and luckily it looks soarable. After my morning run I get a phone message from Gerry . "want to go fly Diablo? Translation: " GET OFF TOW. The 2010 Box Scores (I only keep a...
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Real Pilots Don't Need Engines: January 2011
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Real Pilots Don't Need Engines. Matt's Soaring Flight Log. Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.". Saturday, January 22, 2011. Apparently the folks at the National Weather Service. Fortunately Kempton's forecast is impeccable and piloting skills make up for any lack of performance as we climb in six knots of lift. We reach 15K behind Goat Ridge and get a wonderful view to the North.
