Crestline Soaring Society

Dianne throws a mean party and yesterday was a great memorial to the lives of two men who gave so much to our enjoyment of an amazing support.

I'll be collating the landings and what I could get of the missing man and loop formations in a bit, but for now, here are some pics to start. I'd really like to see as many as possible from others. (My pics pop to bigger ones).

This year's Memorial Fly-in was special in so many ways. There was great flying, a record crowd and I set a new personal best for distance flown.

A few days ago I decided on a goal for myself on the next big air day. Rim of the World High School to the east, and the last peak west into the Cajon pass. I have been into the pass before, but never that far east. I made my goal on this flight.

We (John Wright, RebarDan, Kyle and myself) arrived at launch around 12. The forecast was favorable, but we all wanted to get off the hill early, before the inversion set in. We were the first 4 HG pilots on launch and were in the air just as the next group was arriving. It was nice to set up and launch early to avoid the crowd on launch later:

My 2nd mountain flight in 28 years at the Andy jackson/Rob Kells Memorial Fly-in