Crestline Soaring Society - SoCal

3 hour tour day - Dec. 13th 2008

John W — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:30:37 -0500

The year is almost up, I suppose I should actually gin up some activities. While I can do a ham cram or some other non-flying activity, or an activity at our home site, in this case I am thinking about a road trip. Here's the problem with road trips: who wants to go anywhere in the Spring and Fall seasons, when it likely will be best at home?

But, December is another story.

December 13th, I invite everyone to join me in a day of chasing the wind. I'll call this a "Three Hour Tour," not because we'll only be gone a few hours (try all day), but because the radius of the chase will be 3 hours. That basically takes us up to Santa Barbara or down to San Diego.

So Cal Soaring Predictor

Chris — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:36:15 -0600

Is the soaring predictor down? I am not able to get the actual site prediction info..... is it a "north" thing?

Thanks
Chris

Torrey on Saturday

Mike Harper — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:40:01 -0500

Dave just sent out an email calling for a day at Torrey saturday. west at 18 mph

Saturday 9/30 Could Be... Interesting

Ken Howells — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:48:03 -0500

From the Friday 3 A.M. NWS Forecast Discussion:

SATURDAY: WITH DEEPER MOISTURE IN PLACE AND AN INVERTED TROUGH TRACKING ACROSS OUR AREA...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE IN THE OUR CWA (extreme southwestern California including Orange, San Diego, western Riverside and southwestern San Bernardino counties). SATURDAY WILL BE DOWNRIGHT TROPICAL WITH HIGHER THAN NORMAL HUMIDITIES. PW`S (precipitable water) IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES ARE FORECAST OVER THE LOWER DESERTS. EASTERLY WINDS FROM 20-30 KT ALOFT WILL TRANSPORT ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WESTWARD ACROSS THE MTNS AND INTO THE COASTAL AND VALLEY ZONES. THESE WILL BE FAST MOVING STORMS WHICH WILL LOWER THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. BUT WITH SUCH HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES...FLASH FLOODING IS DISTINCTLY POSSIBLE IN TRAINING ECHOS.

June Bugs?

Ken Howells — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:59:16 -0500

Did I miss the June Bugs this year? They often show up in late May, but I don't think I saw any. Usually there's about a week where they're all over the screens at night here in San Bernardino.

I also haven't noticed any butterfly-heavy days while flying this year. A few years ago we had that period in late Spring when the migrating Monarchs were splattering windshields and marking out thermals - quite a sight to be in a gaggle of Monarchs at 6000 MSL.

Future of Flying in Rancho Palos Verdes

foster — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 06:25:30 -0500

Hi,

The city of Rancho Palos Verdes is having a meeting Wed evening regarding allowing Paragliding in the Portuguese Bend Nature Preserve that covers most of the South West side of PV. Please call Ara in RPV Planning (310-544-5228) to provide any input or come to the Public Use Master Plan meeting 6/4/08 at 7pm at City Hall.
Thanks for your support and pass the word on to any other pilots you know.

Good HG/PG vehicle for sale

hbaribeau — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:40:27 -0500

Isuzu Rodeo 1995.5, V6, stick shift, 142,200 miles, 5 doors. I'd leave you the front rack to carry HG if interested. Great condition, $2,700 OBO. Call 626-445-4932 or e-mail for questions.

hang gliding exhibit at john wayne airport

owen — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:01:20 -0500

sitting at the john wayne airport baggage claim area (as i often do) i've thought how cool it would be to see hang gliders hanging from the ceiling. after all, orange county is the home of wills wing, southern california was the epicenter for hang gliding in the seventies, and well, it's an airport!

a month of emails, phone calls, letters, and face to face meetings with the airport administration followed... and this morning, i received notice from the curator of the john wayne airport arts commission that my proposal for a hang gliding exhibit at the john wayne airport, has been officially (and unanimously) approved!

christmas gift for that special pilot in your life...

owen — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 22:50:37 -0600

christmas is right around the corner, and it's time to start thinking about what your flying spouse/significant other would like as a gift.

the c.s.s. is here to help you! starting january 1st through may 31st, the prorated cost for joining the glider storage facility drops to only $200. yup that's it. your favorite pilot can store two wings in cozy comfort through the winter months, and at the same time, you get those pesky wings out of your garage. it's a win-win!

Offshore Sunday? (Thursday?)

Ken Howells — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:18:49 -0500

Not complaining, but October isn't usually this moist, is it?

If the NWS forecasts are accurate (as they have been lately) we're looking at weak offshore winds Thursday and Friday, brief onshore with a deep marine layer Saturday, followed by strong offshore for Sun/Mon/Tue, possibly longer.

Marshall will probably be flyable ~~Thu and~~ Fri, at least late in the day.

17:00 Wed - NWS is now saying "North wind between 15 and 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph" for Thursday...