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Ken Howells Friday, 9/12/2014 Article Copied from: http://www.crestlinesoaring.org/comment/2221#comment-2221 :  Posted by: Ken Howells replied on Fri, 09/12/2014 - 21:50

In response to post about flights from Elsinore post by by ETJ on Fri, 09/12/2014 - 20:09
at: http://www.crestlinesoaring.org/node/924

Cool
Glad you got a good one, Jack!  I flew from Marshall after 2 PM and the best I got was 8,700.  All the thermals weren't that strong but some were over 1k FPM up at times.  They seemed to slow around 7k but the very core would push through and you could get higher if you stayed with it.  Some BIG sink too.  Don't know how high they got earlier; heard some PG's went NE into the desert.  I was real glad I had tucked my gloves behind my parachute container before launching.  Fun 2 hours of looking around.

See Ken's full post at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhA9QlogudM

Here's the view north from 8,700 MSL above Sugarpine Peak. (click pic for original)

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