Crestline Soaring Society - Comp & XC

Friday October 17, 2008 - Over the back

Jerome Daoust — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:42:15 -0500

Launched at noon, started sinking but then got up to 8000' between Marshall and Crestline. Wind was light but SSE, so I thought going "over the back" would be more interesting than battling a headwind towards the dam. Glided to Pine and there go up to altitude again before crossing to Lake Silverwood and the desert. Max altitude of 8500', but the nice part was the thermal were soft-edged, stayed high and kept many landing options, and the air was very clear (see pictures). 20 mile flight to Hesperia.

SoCal XC League - 9-6-08

foster — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:37:00 -0500

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."

SHGA - Spring Air Festival and Competition

Lynn McLaughlin — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:12:15 -0500

Sylmar Hang Gliding Association cordially invites CSS friends and pilots to join us in our Flight Park on Saturday May 3, 2008 for our annual Spring Air Festival and Competition. Among many reasons to celebrate, we are 25 years old! It should be a great day of flying, BBQ and festivities. And, we would love to set our best pilots against yours!

Pilot check in: 9:30-11am
Pilot Meeting for Comp: 10:45am

2007 Andy Jackson Memorial Spot Landing Contest

Pete — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:43:53 -0500

2007 Andy Jackson Memorial Spot Landing Contest Rules

Where applicable, the rules apply to both the PG and HG spot landing contests. In the case of any dispute concerning these rules, the Activities Coordinate has final say. If you don't like it, go run your own spot landing contest.

AJ Airpark 13th Anniversary Fly-In Contest Results Posted

Pete — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:52:24 -0500

I've posted the results to the AJ Airpark 13th Anniversary Fly-In Glide and Spot Landing contests. You can see them in all their glory here:

http://www.crestlinesoaring.org/aj_airpark_13th_anniversary_contest_results

Thanks to everyone who helped run the contests, Bruce Carr and his wife for the amazing trophies, and all the pilots who participated.

Airpark Anniversary Fly-in Contest Rules

Pete — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 02:31:17 -0500

I just posted the rules for the two contests we are running at the AJ Airpark 13th Anniversary Fly-in. Here are the:

Spot Landing Contest Rules
Glide Contest Rules

These rules are not set in stone yet, and I would appreciate any feedback folks have on them. I am also still searching for someone to help run the PG glide contest. Anyone interested, please leave a comment here, or send me an email: pete@peterjohanson.com

2007 Glide Contest Rules

Pete — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 02:23:42 -0500

2007 Glide Contest Rules

Where applicable, the rules apply to both the PG and HG glide contests. In the case of any dispute concerning these rules, the Activities Coordinate has final say. If you don't like it, go run your own glide contest.

2007 Spot Landing Contest Rules

Pete — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 02:17:47 -0500

2007 Spot Landing Contest Rules

Tenancingo Mexico

D Miller — Sat, 12 May 2007 18:23:03 -0500

I posted various photos of the flying here in Tenancingo Mexico. Just to let you all know, I maintain a photo-website with more extensive information about flying in the area.
http://picasaweb.google.es/sumocobre/TenancingoFlyingSites

We will be hosting an invitational fly-in for visiting pilots December 8th and 9th 2007, in preparation for competition flying the following year.

The flying season in this region is excellent in the winter and spring months. We get a whole lot of rain in the summer, mostly in the afternoons. Contact, Daniel Villegas Rojas, 011-52-722-312-3363, , or Daniel Pedraza, 011-52-714-142-2552, 011-52-714-1303 Also there is a great video DVD made by Canadian pilot Brad Henry about the flying in Tenancingo. brad.henry@hubinternational

View over Tenancingo

D Miller — Sat, 12 May 2007 18:21:12 -0500

We will be hosting an invitational fly-in for visiting pilots December 8th and 9th 2007, in preparation for competition flying the following year.