Crestline Soaring Society - Soboba

Elsinore or Sabobo Wed June 11

Steve E — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:29:35 -0500

If anyone is interested in flying Elsinore, Sabobo, or other sites on Wed the 11th, please call me: 301-697-0226.

Mothers Day

Everyday Mike — Mon, 12 May 2008 12:51:13 -0500

I arrived at The E launch at 12:45. I had to hurry because it was blowing down out behind launch. Worked the house thermal and the E cone to 5K. 650 fpm lift. Flew for 50 min. Had a great landing at the tree LZ. I then packed up and went to Soboba. We arrived at launch at 4:00 and I launched at 4:30 into smooth lift that took me right up over the top of the towers to 4100'msl. Good thermals at 500 fpm every 15 min.

soboba saturday

scotty — Sat, 03 May 2008 23:18:14 -0500

A great day at soboba today. we arrived early and tried to move our storage container. thanks to eagle wings hangliding for stepping up with three trucks to try and move container. we ended up getting a semi tow unit to move it after we couldent get it to move more then a few feet. 9 of us pg pilots hiked up to launch and parawaited until about 4pm when two pilots ( mike and joe ) launched. they rocketed skyward and radio'd back to us that it was still a little strong. the rest of us waited unil 5pm and launched and we all flew to sunset with one pilot getting 3 & 1/2 hours and the rest of us all getting more then 2 hours. the lift was everywhere and very smooth. several times we flew out over the city of san jacinto and got low and came back to the mountain and had no problem climbing back over the top everytime. we all landed at around sundown due to we wanted to land. no one landed due to a lack of lift. johannas from the kagel area who often flys marshall had his best flight ever we were told as he landed with a ear to ear smile. im told pilots will be meeting a little later tomarro at soboba at around 3:30pm. we hope you all had as much fun as we did.

soboba saturday 5-3-08

scotty — Thu, 01 May 2008 22:06:29 -0500

hello fellow pilots

this saturday we need some help moving a cargo container from one side of the property at soboba to the other. a few 4x4 vehicles and some chains would be helpful. we are planning on meeting at 11am and flying afterwards. predictions as of this writing are good at wsw at 11 until sunset. come on out and join us for some great flying at a great site. if you havent had a chance to fly with us our enjoy our new lz now would be a great time.

Soboba Apr 18th

Everyday Mike — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:18:12 -0500

Arrived at launch at 4:15 to find it blowing straight in at 7-12 mph. I cooled down from the 17 min hike with a cold beverage. I was 2nd to launch at 4:55. I went right and found a thermal and worked it to 500' over the towers in 6 min. Got to 5K and stayed there for an hour working the differant peaks in the area. Pilots were going out over Hemet and San Jacinto and not losing any altitude. J.R. got to 6850 out past the college. I made 6520' msl over the big 'S' on the mountain. Able to practice manuevers and get right back up. Move out front for hands free butter smooth air. Pulled out a cold beverage and flew hands free and really enjoyed that. Everybody had 2 hr flights.

Marshall Peak & Surounding Next Weekend

T Lee — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:59:00 -0500

I'm bringing a goup of about 5 of us next week March 27th. We will be ready to fly starting Friday March 28th but have never been to Marshall or the surrounding areas before.

I'm hoping to find someone who would be able to help us out with some site info.

Most of us are P3 or advanced P2 pilots.

Someone emailed me a while back but I lost his number.

Thanks,
T.Lee

Soboba - Road Conditions

Don — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:30:13 -0600

A group of us want to HG Soboba from the upper launch. Been communicating with Darrell but was curious if anyone knows the current road conditions to launch.

soboba drive up planned for sunday

scotty — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:55:18 -0600

hello fello pilots
a group of us is meeting at the paint ball park at soboba for a drive up flight from the top sunday at 10am. its been a long while since we have driven the road up and flown from the top so ill most likely ride up on my motorcycle first in the morning and verify that the road is still ok for 2wd. we are planning on packing as many pilots in my truck as possible and if we dont have a driver we will draw straws for who sacrifices and drives down instead of fly's.

Soboba Work Party and BBQ Dec 1st & 2nd

Bob_C — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:05:23 -0600

A message from Darrel posted on the Soboba Soaring forum:

Soboba final cleanup Dec 1-2

Kevin and Roger have come to an agreement about the trash. Kevin is to pay Roger a sum of money after the sale of his mobile home. When that money is available it will be used to hire people and equipment to remove the trash. I have talked to both Kevin and Roger and they both agree that anything on the property that we can use is now ours. That includes the large trailer. Roger said we can sell it and take the money for the clean up. It's value is about $1500. There is also lots of usable lumber.

soboba sunday 11-4-07

scotty — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 10:40:06 -0600

hello fellow pilots
is there any info on the san diego sites ? is horse and blossom open ? I understand that at this time both kagel main launch and eslinore both launches are closed due to forrest closure. I am wondering if there are restrictions on driving up to or flying marshall. As I write this it appears that the winds are shifting onshore and a group of us are meeting at the paint ball park at soboba ( our new lz ) at between 1 to 1:30pm today for a hike and fly. We are certainly not crowded over here and we would appreciate seeing some of our friends from elsinore and marshall to come over and fly with us for the day. If you need directions you can visit jerome's web site at expandingknowledge.com click on flying sites and then soboba and then directions or call me on my cell phone 760-808-4823