The Fly-In Was a Great Success!

Thanks to all who helped out and all who participated!

After Flight Chow-down: Great day of flying, and fun party at the L.Z. - Brian RicheyAfter Flight Chow-down: Great day of flying, and fun party at the L.Z. - Brian RicheyThe day had pretty darn good conditions, varying from booming mid-day to light mid-afternoon when the sun was behind an alto-strat layer for an hour, to very bouyant and glassy late in the day. We have some images from the day and links to pilot reports and contest results here. Post your thoughts on the day in the pilot reports or events sections of the forum - we'll add links here, and if you have images either post them to the Image Galleries or send them to , with caption and credit if you can, and we'll post them for you.

The BBQ was pretty good - we might have to have Double D's back again before the summer's out.

Zach Hoisington sent video of his great Tandem PG spot landing (3.3M, non-streaming).

Some pics from the fly-in gallery:
Marshall during the July 8, 2006, Fly-in: by Jerome DaoustMarshall during the July 8, 2006, Fly-in: by Jerome DaoustJerome and Others (names, anyone?): by Brian RicheyJerome and Others (names, anyone?): by Brian RicheyFly-in Raffle LootFly-in Raffle LootGoing for the PG spot: Everybody watching... Thanks to James Bradley for the picture.Going for the PG spot: Everybody watching... Thanks to James Bradley for the picture.












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12th Annual Fly-In - Postscript

Well it’s mid-week and we’re probably about rested up from the 12th Annual Fly-In. Great flying, food, folks and fun. Almost 100 pilots were registered to fly and I’m sure a few others flew (anyone ever figure out who that late evening PG’er was who gave us the landing (out) demo :-) My bet is there were more than 150 pilots, family and friends attending. With tasty BBQ filling our bellies from Double D's BBQ, a good time was had by all. Thanks to our great sponsors, the event was also a money-maker for the club as we netted more than $1,100. Big ‘THANK YOU’ to Dianne. She worked and planned for the event for months in advance and it all came together on the big day. - Alan C.

Contest Results - Spot Landing, 12th Anniversary Fly-In

The first-place pilots in both categories did not participate in the cash side-pot, but the second-place pilots did.

HG Spot

  1. Butch Peachy - 8 ft.
  2. Mark Hoffman - 9 ft., Talon 150 (won the side-pot)


PG Spot
  1. Mike Estrada / Zach Hoisington - on target (tie)
  2. Frank Pelant - ? ft. (won the side-pot)


Zach Hoisington sent video of his great Tandem PG spot landing (3.3M, non-streaming).


Marshall to Beaumont - PG

During today's Fly-in, 3 of us went XC towards the Dam. Mark Kranz reached the Dam. Bob Barry reached Yucaipa then returned to the Dam. [url=http://www.paraglidingforum.com/modules.php?name=leonardo&op=show_flight&flightID=2906]Flight info[/url]. After reaching Yucaipa I went to Beaumont, landing 9 km (5.6 miles) short of the Soboba LZ: [url=http://www.paraglidingforum.com/modules.php?name=leonardo&op=show_flight&flightID=2907]Flight details[/url]. Max altitude of 2386m (7826'). [url=http://www.paraglidingforum.com/modules/leonardo/download.php?type=kml_trk&flightID=2907]Google Earth flight path[/url]. I re-launched around 5:30 and got enough height to glide back to Crestline for some smooth ridge soaring there. Then I chilled in the LZ with good food and fun people. What a great day.

Crestline, 8 July, 2006

Launched a T2 154 from Crestline about 14:50. Got up at Billboard and went to Pine, losing only 300' along the way. got up to 6500 north of the peak and pointed west, where there were several gliders strung out, including the Atos. Worked a couple of lighter ones for a few turns along the way, and established over Sugarpine at 6200, sinking slowly. A Kagel guy was about 700 below me and pressed on west. I didn't see him turning, and I was getting no beeps, so I headed out front and back to Pine. Up again and over to BB. Worked the ridge a bit with a crowd and followed the spine out to Marshall - caught a weak one over the 2N40/18 turnout and drifted with it to the 18/138 interchange, and from there to the next point east. Was at 6000 without a cycle in evidence, so I headed out the spine along the east side of Waterman Canyon, then west to the radio tower. Lots of shade from an island of cirrus under the sun at this time. Saw a truck arriving at Marshall dragging three PGs in bags from the tailgate - they'd done that from at least halfway in; from 4800 I couldn't tell WHAT was going on there. OUCH! Back to Marshall, then cloud and around and round. Thought about landing at 16:30, but decided to try and work the re-emering sunshine. At 16:45 got a solid 200-300 up core at Regionals and drifted slowly with it to Crestline. BB then back to Cloud and a low fast fly-by of Marshall. Kept full VG and dove to the LZ, where I whipped a couple of wingovers, a bit on the low side. [img_assist|nid=259|title=There's that VG cord...|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=95][b]Forgot to let the VG off!![/b] I had earlier done the 'Inner Pilot' thing and clearly envisioned my contest-winning spot. Ahem. It seemed really bumpy on my downwind, but I was low and on a good track. Pulled in a little on final because I wasn't dropping fast enough. Shot past the spot, dropped a tip, and ran 3-4 steps before going to my bare knees and sliding a good 6 feet, coming to a stop around 17:10. The basetube wheels worked great. Kathy Rhodes dashed over with water, ointment, and bandages - thanks a bunch, Kathy! My rib dinner was great (the roll could have been fresher) and hangin' with the crowd was fun. I was zoning out during the raflle, so I bailed. Forgot my GPS in the truck, so no track.