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Flight Articles from Saturday 4/8/06 (in order of posting time stamp)
[Dean] [Ron Meyer]

Dean Stratton
Saturday, 4/8/06
Training Hill

I had such high hopes today for XC but we were ROBBED!  The mountains were socked in all day and it forced all us lemmings to the training hill.  It was a little crowded but the hill was definitely working.  From the time we arrived; 10:30 ish, until around 3:30 everybody was getting up.  20 to 30 minute flights were common with a couple 40 to 50+ minute flights as well.  At times there were 6 or 7 gliders gaggled up a few hundred over, everybody was smiling.  There was a surprise visitor at the hill today as well and it looked a little like Pipkin.  As Pipkin was kiting I think I heard him say something like, "Yeah, I've still got it".  It turned out to be one hell of a fun day.  I didn't miss the mountains at all today.

A little bit of the action:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/fllspdahd/album?.dir=/4006