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Chris Lorimer
Tuesday, 2/4/2020

EJ Launch to Nordhoff HS in Ojai

Reference: [IGC Text Data File] and [Google Earth KMZ File] or [Ayvri Web Animation]

Launch at 11:10 PST / Land at 1:09 PST / 1 hour & 59 minutes / 12.6 MPH average speed
25.0 Miles SLOFD (Straight Line Over-Flown Distance)
24 LFSD Points (tied for 2nd place as of submission on 2/7)

Article Submitted by Chris via email on 2/7/2020

Made it to Ojai for the second time.

This one felt much more in control compared to the first Ojai flight.  I'm pretty happy with my decisions in flight and felt like I was flying slowly, patiently, and conservative.  I could use a little more efficiency on my glides and thermals but that will come with some more experience.  I chose the line behind White Ledge to hopefully link up with the Nut House and continue towards Fillmore but about the time I passed behind White Ledge, I started to feel the draw up the 33 and was concerned if I arrived too low, I would get stuck in the canyon near the Nut House so I decided to just take the glide out to Nordoff HS instead.  I'll save North Ojai/Fillmore for a less windy day.  Any input/criticism is greatly appreciated.

To give you an idea of my current experience - I'm up to 40 hours of mountain flights so far.  Other than a couple runs to Carp, the two Ojai flights and two attempts to fly Paiute to Benton (came up short) is the extent of my XC outside the SB fishbowl.

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