Christian Koepenick aka Bummy
Monday, 9/26/2022
Pine SS to Bates (Bummy's 1st flight to the Beach from Pine Mt)

Reference: [IGC Text Data File] and [Google Earth KMZ File] and [JPG Overview] and [NAM Skew-t]

21.0 Miles Straight Line Over-Flown Distance (SLOFD)
Max Altitude 14,225 Ft MSL
1 hours 18 minutes 45 seconds / Launch at 4:33:16 / Land at 5:52:01 PDT

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Bummy' s Narrative extracted from Telegram and email exchange with Tom Truax (aka SD)

SD / Friday, 10/21 at 00:07 PDT
Looks like you had a light headwind on your 1-hour glide?  I suspect you wish you didn’t waver after crossing the front range?  Did you opt to change your mind and reach for the beach because you flew though a buoyant zone for 3 minutes (tick open the altitudes folder).  The Carp weather station on Foothill was reporting 3 to 5 from the SW at 5:50 PM.  Did you land with a quartering tailwind after squeaking across the freeway?  Did you land in the bushes, or is your GPS off by 15 feet?
Congratulations on your many recent stellar flights…

Bummy / Friday, 10/21 at 22:52 PDT
On my glide from Pine I certainly questioned my glide ratio.  Especially since it was my first flight on my new Rush 6 (previously on a Buzz Z6).  Dave Patterson was ahead of me with 15,500 top of lift.  Almost 1k above what I’d left with.  I launched 15 minutes after him and the climbs were slow and smooth in glass off conditions.  Lift was friendly and soft, tapering off so I opted to leave with less assuming the day was winding down.  As it was my first attempt pushing over the front range from Pine I had no reference and was constantly doubting my distance and potential.  I crossed the front range lowish just east of East Divide Peak (58ish) and opted to angle toward Ojai / Lake Casitas.  I encountered what I thought was a convergence over the pass spine (Chismahoo) so I changed course.  For a bit I thought I might actually come in over the top of Rincon Mountain.  The rest of my glide I was unsure but hopeful.  I eyed Cate school, the Van Wingerden 192 field, and the raspberry fields near the Carp/Rincon industrial park as possible bail outs.  I was determined to make the coast.  Dave Patterson and Chris Gulden made Viola Field, but with a slight headwind from the west I needed to fall off hoping to make Bates as a best case scenario.  I came in low.  So low that I thought I might have to land on the Bates freeway over pass.  After clearing the 101 freeway I turned left towards Rincon to try for a top landing at Bates into the wind but I swiftly lost altitude and as you speculated landed downwind in the bushes . Haha!  Just shy of Bates between the parking lot and launch. I considered it a win and licked my wounds headed home with a good story and some lessons learned.

ID: SE500
NAME: SCE Carpinteria (Carp Foothill Rd near Linden Ave)
LATITUDE: 34.40700
LONGITUDE: -119.51029
ELEVATION: 44 ft
MNET: SC-EDISON

Observations for Monday 09/26/2022 16:50  to 18:50 PDT

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