Sunday, 7/5/2015 [Weather] and [Flight Articles] by [Sundowner] and [Jonathan Dietch]
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Jonathan Dietch (aka NMERider or JD) Pine South Side to Lockwood Valley Sunday, 7/5/2015 See Also JD [Photos], Google Earth [KMZ File] and [IGC Data]

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Posted by NMERider » Sun Jul 05, 2015 9:45 pm

A Difficult Day at Pine-July 5th

No great heli-pot-field drama.  Just me on my T2C and Fast Eddy driving chase in my RAV4.  Launched just before 1PM and struggled.  Got up but didn't feel right to go OTB then ended up at 5,700' by the Sand Pile.  Made a nice low save only to end up in more or less the same position not long afterward.  Finally listened to Eddy who was watching me yo-yo from over by the Sand Bar where I caught a nice one the took me into the low 9s.  Went OTB and got flushed all the way back to more or less the same altitude as the first low save.  This one took me from 6K to 11.6K just West of San Guillermo after a few phases.  I thought I was made to glide over then bench up by the trigger West of Frazier.  I ended up stinking low where I had another low save but not enough to get established.  I landed South of Lockwood Valley Rd just across from the airport.  2:23hr flight time.  Big thanks to Eddy for taking the wheel and giving hints and clues as needed.

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