Crestline Soaring Society

Hey all,

I've had my Elsinore LZ paperwork in for a while now and need to fly it for the first time. If anyone is going out this week (I can't get there till two today), please reply here or email me at jsw ~~a t''~~ johnwright.com

Not only do I want to learn the drill about the LZ, I wouldn't want to fly the site without "the gouge." ("the gouge" is a Navy term the information needed to do something, without a lot formal, extraneous info).

fun day at torrey saturday. I arrived at 10:30 and launched right away as pilots were allready soaring high. When i tried to launch it was difficult to get to the edge in a forward position so I worked it forward in a reverse position and then launched backwards and spun around in the air and then flew out over the edge. At that point I decided I may not want to land for a while or I could be grounded as it seemed like it was picking up. I flew to the north point twice and over the pier as well. It was interesting watching pilots trying to launch from the air. after a hour or so it seemed like just a few recreational pilots were flying and most people in the air were either tandems or acro pilots with small wings or hangliders. There was some very interesting spirles and wing overs happening as pilots would take it all the way down to almost sea level and then work it back up in just seconds as there was lift everywhere. It was originally my goal to fly over 4 hours stright to beat my personal best time in the air during one flight but after just 2 hours it was averaging 20 and gusting over that so I decided to go down and land on the beach instead of risking getting dragged. ( I sit behind a desk all week anyways and I needed the exersize ) over all I would say that it was a great day. I needed a great day as it has been a while since i had anything more then an extended sledder. I hate this time of year with santa anna's and all. good flying to all