Saturday, 9/28/13  [Weather] and [Flight Articles] by [Sundowner] [Ron Faoro] [OJ] [Aaron] [Jon Blake]

John Kloer (aka OJ)
Saturday, 9/28/13

EJ's to Padaro Beach

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Posted by oj » Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:40 pm

When I found myself at 5k over the Thermal Factory in the same thermal as SD I was stoked, I thought I was gonna pimp off him and Faoro all the way to Ojai.  But SD had other plans, disappearing off to the West, and the Spin Doctor was taking his time to top out in each climb putting me out front to sacrifice myself to the air sharks.  It was a mixed bag today, some of the thermals were fat and smooth while others were the kind you just want out of.

Down towards Padaro the sharks were schooling and my minimum "go" altitude for the pass wasn't being met so I bailed for the beach.  I wish I had stayed in it a bit longer, Ron crossed the power lines and appeared to be stuck to the sky all the way into Ojai.  SD came along shortly after even higher than Ron, headed for Santa Paula.  Looking forward to their flight reports.

Vario Log: 960 fpm up, 640 dn, max alt. 4971, 1hr 34 minutes.