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Monday (Veterans Day) flights [Aaron] [Tim Barker]

Tim Barker
Sunday, 11/11/12

Skyport to the VOR ~ 5.31 Miles
back to Montecito Peak, ~ 7.96 Miles
and out to Parma ~ 3.25 Miles
Total distance around 2 turn points ~ 16 1/2 Miles

Article copied from: http://scpa.info/bb/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2688#p8092
by timobarker » Sun Nov 11, 2012 8:06 pm

What a day!

Met up with Aaron, Magic, BobA, Cort, and Ron and headed up in the party van. On the drive up, we noticed birds going up and the temperature going down. Made skyport and found a whole crew of HG already on Eliminator. Conditions were questionable upon first arrival: steady wind that switched from east to west at the drop of a hat and airplanes flying questionably close to parma. While waiting, Tom and Irene showed. BobA launched first. Loved hearing Raph the 3rds response...."did you see how high he went?" Bob made it look relatively smooth all the way up and over to the R and R. Cort, then Truax launched soon afterwards. Both got up and made it look good. We saw James launch his HG, followed by many others.

Lift was everywhere. I followed Little John over to the R and R saddle and quickly benched to a reasonable altitude to head east. I bumped my way along the back ridge all the way to the VOR. Came over the radio after La Cumbre to ask Aaron about the conditions he was experiencing on the front points after I got nailed with at least a 70% collapse. Hands up! After that, I flew a bit further from the terrain and stayed out on the front points, where the lift was much more predictable. High point for me today was 5300 at No Name on my way back east. Scary point for me today was flying out toward parma from Montecito and having to veer north to avoid the bomber at about 2500 over parma.

It was amazing watching the squadrons of airplanes flying around over the regatta in the harbor. Pretty cool to see how much is going on around here.
Can't wait to hear more stories about the flights everybody had...I know BobA headed south at Montecito. Where'd you go? I know there were some hang glider pilots down at the pass. Where'd you go? I think I also heard Andy D come over the radio and say he was heading to Montecito Peak...from Ojai????

Fun flying with ya'll today. Can't wait to read about it

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