Derek Musashe
Sunday, 1/12/2020

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See also:Sunday Flight Article and photos by [Aaron / aka Cracka]

Derek Article Copied from SBSA Telegram Chat

Fun day up there today.  I must admit it was significantly better than I thought it would be, but almost all of the flying was under 3k.  Mostly just a north influence at altitude but not too windy down low below 3k.

I had breakfast this morning at Cold Springs Tavern with the family, then got dropped off at VOR.  Probably launched there at 12:30 or so.  Nice cycles coming in.  Linked up with Jeff Longcor at VOR spine and flew with him back east to Antenna Farm.  From there I kept going east by myself until around Snowball's Daddy ridge (start of the December task) then turned around.

Made it back west to about Secret Bowl before before the clouds disappeared and the day seemed to switch off.  Took the altitude that I had and wanted to make the beach in Summerland but ended up having to land a little short in a field by the Birnam Wood Golf Course.  A kind neighbor drove me to Butterfly Beach afterward where I linked back up with my family.

Ended up getting to fly for a little over 2 hours and still got to hang out with my family that's in town, so I'm pretty happy with the day.  Hopefully everyone else who flew had a nice time too!

Editor's Notes: as of Derek's Flight Article Submission, this flight is in [1st place] for the [2020 LFSD Challenge] with a score of 14 points

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