Photo day again!

Top of Mt Buffalo with lake and chalet in view

March 8, 2013

When I got up in the morning there was a thin overcast layer.  We waited a little longer to go up waiting for it to burn off and the mountain to heat up a bit.

We launched around 12:30 and there was plenty of lift.  I had two nice climbs and got to near 2300 at “Clear Spot “ before I headed for “Little Buffalo”  I made I high enough to “Little Buffalo” to search for lift and soon found myself right over the gorge and the chalet.  I have pictures to prove it.  I continued on west towards Myrtleford but when I tried to cross the valley I found no lift at the thermal trigger I had aimed for and ended up landing.  Still Happy with the flight even if it was only an hour and forty-one minutes.


I'm smiling...REALLY!

Mary Beth picked me up and we headed back to the cabin.  I took a short siesta and did some photo editing before heading back up.  I wanted to give the wing mount camera a try.  I had a nice smooth flight climbing maybe 200 meters over launch before heading to the landing zone.  Snapping photos and video on the way down.

It was an epic day for most of the pilots.  Over 3000 meters top of lift and a number of pilots flew over Mt Hothem.  Maybe tomorrow I will leave the camera in the cabin and concentrate more on flying.  I had my 125k XC on a day when the camera was not working.  Hmm...

Pictures are here

Flight details on leonardo are here