February 19, 2013
Just as I was on the way to
Tamworth to have the new car radio installed the shop called and said their
installer had called in sick. I turned
the car around and headed back to Manilla smiling knowing that I would get
another flight in today.
The weather was a little iffy
but I did get to fly today. I took Flat
Stanley with me and posted some pictures
that should make some grade school children in South Carolina a little smarter
about paragliding and Manilla.
We are flying paragliders in the
middle of a hang gliding comp so we have to get off launch before they want to
start and we need to generally keep out of their way as much as possible. I think they like having us fly with them
because we can be the early wind dummies that let them know they can climb out.
We went off the West Launch at
Mt. Borah today. The clouds were
building to the east as we launched and there was a rain shower far across the
valley to the east that was a bit of a concern.
I launched after I saw a few of my friends going up and after a small collapse
just off launch was climbing out and heading North to get away from that rain
as fast as possible.
The air was rough and the
thermals sharp so it was not a very enjoyable flight. I resigned myself to just getting away from
launch and go a little ways north and land.
I Mount Borah at 1400 meters which is pretty low. But as I traveled north there was plenty of
lift and I did manage one climb up to 2000 meters before landing 26k north of
launch after just over an hour of flying.
Mary Beth was tracking my progress on SPOT and was parked on the road
waiting for me before I could finish packing up.
Not an epic day for me but I was
happy to get a flight in. Dinner at the
pub topped off the day. Tomorrow looks
like a now fly day due to winds and my revised radio appointment. We’ll see…
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