Crestline Soaring Society

I arrived at launch with a hang pilot who couldn't bring his hang. He brought a PG. He didn't fly. Mitch launched at 12:20 and went right up. I launched at 12:30 and went right up also. I got to 10,889 over the South towers. I headed NW up the range to Los Pinos and then headed back to launch area. I landed at the new LZ after an hour and a half. A little chilly up there. I am going to try again today.

I arrived at launch at 11:45 and found two HG's set up and ready to go. There were 3 other PG's that showed up too. Mitch launched first, and then the two hang pilots went next. I watched for a while as they struggled to stay 300 over. Then the haze dome showed up over the South towers and Mitch started going up and I launched. I worked for a while and then got up to 6K and went for the towers. I got to 9K there.

Dean Stratton writes:

"Let me start off by saying that Marshall has been off the hook over the last few days. Since Monday, pilots have been getting up between 8-10k routinely. The best part is that the weather is forecasted to stay exactly the same way until this coming Monday. This weekend could be awesome!"

and

"The schedule for Saturday will be changed to allow those pilots who are attending the church memorial service for Rob Kells, which is to be held in Chino Hills at 10:30 in the morning. I’m canceling the GPS class that was scheduled at 9 a.m. since there just isn’t enough time for pilots to attend the class and still make it to the service. On Saturday the pilot briefing will take place on launch at 1 p.m. and I will have a pretty good idea of the task outlines for the day, but I will still need the task committee members to meet with me as soon as you arrive on launch to finalize the tasks. The task board should be up by 1:15 and if everything goes right we should have a race start time of 2:15. I’ll be on launch by 12:30, so if you’re able to get there a bit early it will definitely help with check-in. The BBQ that is planned for the fly-in starts at 4 p.m. and runs to 6 or 6:30. With some luck we can get a great task in and still have plenty of time to make it to the LZ and load up a plate. Be prepared, there will a lot of people showing up for the fly-in; parking will be crazy. Plan on hanging around in the LZ after your flight, there’s plenty of entertainment planned for the evening."

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